HMS Emerald (1795) HMS Emerald (1795) HMS Emerald was a 36-gun frigate that Sir William Rule designed in 1794 for the Royal Navy. The Admiralty ordered her construction towards the end of May 1794 and work began the following month at Northfleet dockyard. She was completed on 12 October 1795 and joined Admiral John Jervis's fleet in the Mediterranean. In 1797, "Emerald" was one of several vessels sent to hunt down and capture the crippled Santisima Trinidad, which had escaped from the British at the Battle of Cape St Vincent. "Emerald" was supposed to have been present at the Battle of the Nile
Giving Birth to a Stone in 2003. Bassist Justin Chancellor joined Tool in September 1995. Every song on "Giving Birth to a Stone" previously appeared on an earlier EP by the band. The songs "Signpost In the Sea," "Don't Make Me Your God" and "Dougal" originally appeared on the EP "Don't Make Me Your God", released in 1992.. The songs "Velvet" and "Peach" originally appeared on the EP "Disappear Here", also released in 1992. The songs "Burn," "Naked" and "You Lied" originally appeared on the EP "Burn", released in 1993. The songs "Spasm" and "Catfood" originally appeared on the album "Spasm", also released in 1993.