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  • the commander of the Black Sea Fleet, Vice Admiral K. P. Pilkin, agreed on ... design, but they were overruled by General Admiral Grand Duke Alexei ...
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  • on India's southcoast in 1620. Admiral Ove Gjedde led the expedition that established the colony. The only remaining vestige of this empire ...
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  • Rear Admiral Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. (November 18, 1923 – July 21, 1998) was an American astronaut, naval aviator, test pilot, and businessman ...
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  • for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge, Admiral of the Royal Navy" ... *RAdm, January 1901: Rear-Admiral, Royal Navy *VAdm, June 1903: Vice ...
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  • by the Navy and turned over to him by Admiral David Glasgow Farragut. ... torn down a United States flag placed by Admiral Farragut on the United States ...
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  • the challenge in their unique way. After Admiral Perry opened Japan to commerce ... sway in Korea. Japan employed the tactics Admiral Perry used on them to open ...
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  • which sent Colonel Robert Clive and Admiral Charles Watson. They recaptured ... to be distributed at the pleasure of the Admiral and gentlemen of Council. ...
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  • fleet to explore the Persian Gulf shore under his admiral Nearchus. In the meantime, Alexander led the rest of his force back to Persia by the southern ...
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  • The Silver Star is the third highest military decoration that can be awarded to a member of any branch of the United States Armed Forces. The ...
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  • In late 1914, the islands were the rendezvous for Admiral Maximilian von Spee's East Asiatic Squadron as he gathered his ships together ...
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  • In 1551, Turgut and the Ottoman admiral Sinan decided to take Malta ... battle of Djerba in May 1560, when Ottoman admiral Piyale Pasha surprised the ...
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  • *The Admiral's Men *The King's Men *King's Revels Children *King's Revels Men *Lady Elizabeth's Men *Leicester's Men ...
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  • In 1510, Portuguese admiral Afonso de Albuquerque defeated the Bijapur ... [http://www.indiannavy.nic.in/bptobw.pdf Rear Admiral Satyindra Singh ...
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  • Japan was awoken to Western military might when Admiral Commodore Perry forced the nation to sign a treaty of trade in the 1850s. That spawned an upheaval ...
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  • In 1995, Admiral An Byeongtae , the 20th Chief of Naval Operations ... the highest-ranking officer (four-star admiral) of the ROK Navy. The ROK ...
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  • Leonid Govorov and Ivan Konev, General Shtemenko, Admiral Levchenko and others. == Arrests == Initially, thirty-seven were arrested, but the ...
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  • * Be given the rank of Admiral of the Ocean Sea (Atlantic Ocean) ... Admiral Columbus left from Cádiz, Spain, to find more places on September ...
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  • His wife, the Queen, gave him the title Lord High Admiral for his ... the throne in 1952, the Duke was appointed Admiral of the Sea Cadet Corps, ...
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  • Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas George Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, KG, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, DSO ...
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  • for over seven weeks on Staten Island, Admiral Richard Howe moved 88 frigates ... [[Image:Black Admiral.jpg|thumb|A picture of a black U.S. officer ...
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