<P> Organised settlement of Ascension Island began in 1815 , when the British garrisoned it as a precaution after imprisoning Napoleon I on Saint Helena to the southeast . On 22 October the Cruizer class brig - sloops Zenobia and Peruvian claimed the island for His Britannic Majesty King George III . The Royal Navy designated the island as a stone frigate , HMS Ascension , with the classification of `` Sloop of War of the smaller class '' . </P>
<P> Organised settlement of Ascension Island began in 1815 , when the British garrisoned it as a precaution after imprisoning Napoleon I on Saint Helena to the southeast . On 22 October the Cruizer class brig - sloops Zenobia and Peruvian claimed the island for His Britannic Majesty King George III . The Royal Navy designated the island as a stone frigate , HMS Ascension , with the classification of `` Sloop of War of the smaller class '' . </P>
island in the south atlantic claimed by britain in 1815
island in the south atlantic claimed by britain in 1815
Ascension Island
Ascension Island