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- the American Civil War. He was the first rear admiral, vice admiral, and full admiral of the Navy. He is remembered in popular culture for his possibly ...16 KB (2,422 words) - 07:56, 28 January 2024
- Admiral Togo's initial plan was to swoop down upon Port Arthur ... On the Russian side, Admiral Stark had the battleships Petropavlovsk ...14 KB (2,217 words) - 10:20, 22 September 2023
- In 1782, the French, under Admiral Comte François Joseph Paul ... flag officers, promoted Hood to rear-admiral on September 26, 1780 ...12 KB (1,806 words) - 23:08, 20 November 2023
- of the French Far Eastern Squadron, Rear Admiral Pierre-Gustave Roze harbored ... initiative with Chinese authorities, Rear Admiral Roze made his own military ...15 KB (2,312 words) - 10:51, 11 April 2024
- began operating out of Istanbul, under Rear Admiral Souchon, engaging Russian ... In October 1939, Dönitz became a Rear Admiral and commander of submarines; ...19 KB (2,934 words) - 07:15, 5 October 2022
- or benefit for the British military, Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane saw ... this portrait of [[George Cockburn|the Rear Admiral George Cockburn]]]] ...10 KB (1,535 words) - 18:46, 22 November 2023
- #039;s first modern warship. Later, after Admiral Shufeldt protested the treatment ... * Drake, Frederick C. The empire of the seas: a biography of Rear ...14 KB (2,195 words) - 06:44, 18 April 2024
- of the same year he was promoted to rear admiral of the blue, the tenth ... In 1799, he was promoted to rear admiral of the red, the eighth-highest ...22 KB (3,598 words) - 15:08, 2 February 2024
- were dispatched to Gibraltar under Rear-Admiral Louis for supplies. These ... line, placing the rear division under Rear-Admiral Pierre Dumanoir le Pelley ...36 KB (5,789 words) - 01:40, 26 September 2023
- |31 July 1811|| colspan=2 | Appointed Rear Admiral of the Blue (backdated ... Afterwards, Bligh's promotion to Rear Admiral was backdated, ...24 KB (3,787 words) - 15:40, 6 May 2023
- Admiral Arthur Phillip RN (October 11, 1738 – August 31, 1814) was ... French. In January 1799, he became a Rear-Admiral. In 1805, aged 67, he ...18 KB (2,828 words) - 17:36, 16 August 2023
- took off on a bad start when Won Gyun took Admiral Yi's place as commander. ... Because Admiral Yi, the commander of the Korean navy, proved so able ...32 KB (4,655 words) - 22:08, 8 February 2023
- Under the direction of Rear Admiral Juan Williams, the Chilean Navy ... Grau was promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral. A brief listing of these ...34 KB (5,333 words) - 22:54, 3 May 2023
- to rally his troops and attack the British rear when they successfully climbed ... of the Battle of the Saintes, in which Admiral George Rodney defeated the ...12 KB (1,896 words) - 02:50, 4 November 2022
- There he met the fleet of Octavian, led by Admiral Agrippa, arranged to block ... forces, so he and Cleopatra stayed in the rear of the formation. Eventually ...9 KB (1,410 words) - 05:41, 15 June 2023
- psoriasis and had to be replaced with Rear Admiral Raymond A. Spruance (Halsey ... Nimitz also hurriedly called back Rear Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher ...42 KB (6,566 words) - 10:16, 22 September 2023
- defeated the Spanish squadron, under Admiral Patricio Montojo y Pasarón ... Spanish Admiral Cervera, who had arrived from Spain, held up his naval ...25 KB (4,004 words) - 19:06, 7 February 2023
- than the British in the spring of 1794: Rear-Admiral Pierre Vanstabel had been ... brought them to close gunnery duels. Rear-Admiral Thomas Pasley of Bellerophon ...60 KB (9,430 words) - 18:53, 31 December 2023
- and destroy the Allied landing forces. Rear-Admiral Shoji Nishimura's ... them by the 7th Fleet Support Force. Rear Admiral Jesse Oldendorf had six ...48 KB (7,546 words) - 10:05, 22 September 2023
- Turgut Reis (1485 - June 23, 1565) was a Ottoman admiral as well as ... galliots, Turgut Reis commanded the center-rear wing of the Ottoman fleet ...33 KB (5,326 words) - 18:45, 6 November 2022
- by her German counterpart, Elbing, of Rear Admiral Bodicker's Scouting ... Beatty, some three miles (5 km) from Rear-Admiral Sir Hugh Evan-Thomas& ...56 KB (8,672 words) - 09:48, 22 September 2023
- the amphibious transport force was U.S. Rear Admiral Richmond K. Turner. Vandegrift ... were 13 warships commanded by Japanese Rear Admiral Raizo Tanaka who planned ...54 KB (8,339 words) - 09:45, 22 September 2023
- Rear Admiral Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. (November 18, 1923 – July 21, 1998) was an American astronaut, naval aviator, test pilot, and businessman ...57 KB (8,455 words) - 04:33, 17 June 2023
- to fight!" His later service as an admiral in the Russian Navy brought ... an American citizen and officer. As a rear admiral aboard the 24-gun flagship ...18 KB (2,826 words) - 07:03, 3 August 2022
- London Naval Conference of 1930 as a Rear Admiral and as a Vice Admiral ... while dispatching a force under Rear Admiral Takeo Takagi, including ...45 KB (7,129 words) - 05:57, 11 March 2024
- work. Aboard his flagship HMS Somerset, Admiral Samuel Graves awoke irritated ... American left flank, and take them from the rear. Brigadier General Robert ...16 KB (2,465 words) - 11:35, 20 September 2023
- was awoken to Western military might when Admiral Commodore Perry forced the ... artillery and tanks, B Company moved to the rear. But before that could be ...11 KB (1,690 words) - 10:18, 22 September 2023
- bringing off the Prince William Henry and Admiral Digby merits applause, and ... Andromeda in 1788, and was promoted to Rear-Admiral in command of HMS Valiant ...36 KB (5,444 words) - 21:27, 8 February 2024
- for over seven weeks on Staten Island, Admiral Richard Howe moved 88 frigates ... Hessians Until British Attached From The Rear"] Battle Pass. ...12 KB (1,814 words) - 10:05, 22 September 2023
- | first = Rear-Admiral Sir Anthony | coauthors = Noel-Baker, Philip | title = Disarmament and Defence | publisher = United Nations [Peacefinder ...14 KB (1,946 words) - 03:20, 24 November 2022
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and Rear Admiral Jules Sébastien César ... features Napoleon's profile and the rear, the imperial Eagle. An imperial ...27 KB (4,236 words) - 04:42, 5 November 2022
- * Fiske, Bradley A. 1919. From Midshipman to Rear-Admiral. New York: Century Co. ISBN 0548176485 * Hamerla, R. R. 2006. An American Scientist ...14 KB (2,088 words) - 17:47, 19 December 2022
- Reserve (RNVR) on the staff of the Rear-Admiral Coastal Services. In 1943 was promoted to Captain (RNVR), and appointed Director of the Combined ...14 KB (2,192 words) - 00:36, 10 February 2023
- on three sides by the audience, only the rear being restricted for the entrances ... *The Admiral's Men *The King's Men *King's Revels Children ...22 KB (3,354 words) - 07:42, 5 February 2022
- smaller support vessels. On board the Colorado, Rear Admiral John Rodgers' flag ship, was Frederick F. Low, the United States Ambassador to China ...15 KB (2,423 words) - 11:56, 3 May 2023
- The Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster, normally called Westminster Abbey, is a large, mainly Gothic church in Westminster, London, ...17 KB (2,475 words) - 17:21, 4 May 2023
- In 1510, Portuguese admiral Afonso de Albuquerque defeated the Bijapur ... [http://www.indiannavy.nic.in/bptobw.pdf Rear Admiral Satyindra Singh ...22 KB (3,152 words) - 00:27, 12 April 2023
- in terms of both size and capabilities. Admiral Yi I (1536–1584), then ... became Prime Minister of Korea, and one of Admiral Yi's strongest advocates. ...42 KB (6,114 words) - 09:44, 1 April 2024
- Second ROK Army has been converted into the Rear Operations Command (ROC). ... In 1995, Admiral An Byeongtae , the 20th Chief of Naval Operations ...22 KB (3,202 words) - 10:59, 10 March 2023
- the commander of the Black Sea Fleet, Vice Admiral K. P. Pilkin, agreed on ... When Rear Admiral Pisarevsky reached Constanța on the morning of ...35 KB (5,047 words) - 18:20, 22 December 2022
- for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge, Admiral of the Royal Navy" ... *RAdm, January 1901: Rear-Admiral, Royal Navy *VAdm, June 1903: Vice ...39 KB (5,812 words) - 13:04, 14 November 2022
- of 49 ships and 140 smaller craft led by Admiral Charles Saunders. ... while the flying column harried the British rear - Montcalm instead fought ...33 KB (5,197 words) - 10:21, 22 September 2023
- The New Harbor had been renamed as Keppel Harbor in 1900 after Admiral ... throughout the hospital. Entering from the rear, they bayoneted everyone they ...15 KB (2,283 words) - 06:35, 1 April 2024
- in March 1813, a squadron under Rear Admiral George Cockburn started ... During the blockade of the Chesapeake, in fact, Rear Admiral Cockburn ...42 KB (6,479 words) - 22:53, 3 May 2023
- on the city of Szeged and around Rear Admiral Miklós Horthy, who formed ... of Post-Kun Hungary. The election of admiral Miklós Horthy, the chief ...26 KB (4,004 words) - 08:50, 27 September 2023
- Chinese]] painting of a giraffe brought by Admiral Zheng He and placed in a ... Image:Giraffe05 - melbourne zoo.jpg |The worn down bald horns of the ...17 KB (2,568 words) - 07:47, 24 January 2023
- with the naval strategy theories of Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan. He ... by seven battleships commanded by Rear Admiral Willis Lee. ...59 KB (9,033 words) - 22:12, 16 January 2022
- In 1943, Vice Admiral Lord Mountbatten proposed a plan to retake the ... Although plans had been drawn up and proposed by Vice Admiral Lord ...28 KB (4,315 words) - 10:14, 11 March 2023
- and the island was captured (for which Admiral Byng was court-martialed ... his embarkation. They were held off by the rear-guard of 1,400 under General ...29 KB (4,438 words) - 10:09, 26 January 2023
- with distinction during the battle. Rear Admiral Isaac C. Kidd, and Captain ... nine in all). Both the Fleet commander, Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel, and ...60 KB (9,048 words) - 18:23, 21 August 2023
- action. The force was commanded by Rear Admiral John "Sandy" ... M.C. Clapp RN. Contrary to common belief, Admiral Woodward did not command ...43 KB (6,819 words) - 00:33, 25 March 2024
- began in a Lycée at Versailles, but his father, Rear Admiral William Charles Chamberlain, had planned a military career for his son and at 11 he was ...19 KB (2,874 words) - 01:22, 4 February 2023
- which declared that the Captain-General or Admiral-General of the Netherlands ... in April demanded in a letter to Rear-Admiral Arthur Herbert that the ...49 KB (7,679 words) - 11:02, 9 May 2023
- the ROK Order of Military Merit (Taiguk), to Rear Admiral Ralph A. Ofstie, USN. Photo is dated 13 May 1952.]] On August 15, 1948, popular elections ...21 KB (3,199 words) - 11:47, 1 February 2024
- in the invasion, under the command of Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay (who ... into two Naval Task Forces: Western (Rear-Admiral Alan G. Kirk) and Eastern ...68 KB (10,141 words) - 10:18, 22 September 2023
- up with the forced marches of the corps and rear formations always suffered ... #039;s operations with Wittgenstein's rear guard clashing with Oudinout ...45 KB (6,717 words) - 10:59, 11 April 2024
- Yugoslav Army, and a German thrust into the rear of the Vermion position, was ... East Headquarters and on April 17 Rear admiral H. T. Baillie-Grohman ...73 KB (10,868 words) - 05:44, 22 September 2023
- destroyed. Only the Guillaume Tell with Rear Admiral [Pierre-Charles Villeneuve ... with Smith in early 1800. However, British Admiral Keith reneged on this treaty ...53 KB (8,268 words) - 01:21, 11 November 2022
- In 1939, on the eve of World War II, Rear Admiral John Godfrey, Director of Naval Intelligence of the Royal Navy, recruited Fleming (then a reserve ...25 KB (3,815 words) - 13:25, 4 February 2023
- mountain. He named it in honor of his friend, Rear Admiral Peter Rainier. In 1833, Dr. William Fraser Tolmie explored the area looking for medicinal ...24 KB (3,759 words) - 17:43, 10 November 2022
- Central Intelligence Agency were established. Rear Admiral Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter was appointed as the first Director of Central Intelligence. ...26 KB (3,792 words) - 23:54, 3 December 2023
- the front, into the wind, and land from the rear. Carriers steam at speed, ... 039;t build anything like that," said admiral. The planned specs reflects ...53 KB (8,096 words) - 07:01, 16 June 2023
- Corsican leader Pasquale Paoli agreed with admiral Samuel Hood to place Corsica ... after the Battle of Fombio, but had their rear-guard mauled at Lodi on May ...65 KB (9,639 words) - 10:56, 11 April 2024
- revolution, with Pratt communicating with Admiral Dewey by telegram, passing ... In Cavite, Aguinaldo reports meeting with Admiral Dewey, and recalls: ...65 KB (9,572 words) - 20:45, 23 September 2023
- 5, 1943, the Japanese garrison commander Rear Admiral Shigematsu Sakaibara ordered the execution of the 98 prisoners on the pretext that they were ...28 KB (4,195 words) - 22:06, 3 May 2023
- move from Sedan to the north, right in the rear of the main Allied forces ... be carried out to the southeast, in the rear of the Maginot Line, to confuse ...78 KB (12,110 words) - 11:42, 20 September 2023
- an attempt to interdict the enemy's rear area, to stop the flow of ... S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Arthur W. Radford about ...46 KB (7,166 words) - 11:39, 20 September 2023
- defeated the Chinese by an attack from the rear, the defenders surrendered ... and March 29, 1895 Japanese forces under Admiral Motonori Kabayama landed ...31 KB (4,561 words) - 17:25, 28 March 2024
- Patton stopped at a rear command post to submit his report before ... [[File:Major General Patton and Rear Admiral Hewitt on USS Augusta ...100 KB (15,023 words) - 13:47, 12 November 2022
- Tamandaré was replaced in command by the admiral Joaquim José Inácio, future ... returned south to take Piquissiri from the rear, capturing Itororó, Avaí ...35 KB (5,486 words) - 22:55, 3 May 2023
- wide. A massive fleet under the command of Admiral de Robeck containing no ... back down from Chunuk Bair against the rear of the Turkish defenses. The ...37 KB (5,841 words) - 21:41, 25 June 2022
- Within a month Prince Louis de Condé and Admiral Gaspard de Coligny ... Three days later, Admiral Coligny was walking back to his rooms from ...68 KB (10,504 words) - 16:16, 3 December 2023
- argues that both nations adopted U.S. Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan's ... general mutiny was rife. Naval commander Admiral Reinhard Scheer and Ludendorff ...72 KB (11,195 words) - 13:50, 20 May 2023
- again; on that day a U.S. Navy group led by Rear Admiral George Dufek successfully landed an aircraft there. ==Geography== [[Image:Maritime-Antarctica ...41 KB (6,181 words) - 05:21, 31 July 2023
- geologist and a Naval Reserve Rear Admiral, and Robert S. Dietz, a scientist with the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey who first coined the term ...57 KB (8,619 words) - 02:46, 8 January 2024
- Sklute, USAF Judge Advocate General, US Navy Rear Admiral James Lair, Director of Operations for the US Navy in Europe, US Army Captain Michael Nye ...67 KB (10,179 words) - 23:19, 30 March 2024
- 470-ship French Navy, overall commanded by Admiral Bouet-Villaumez, were put ... while the 3rd Army closed towards the rear. The aging Gen. Karl von Steinmetz ...61 KB (9,426 words) - 14:18, 1 October 2022
- drama Task Force (1949), about a retiring rear admiral who reminisces about his long career as a naval aviator and his role in the development of aircraft ...63 KB (9,757 words) - 04:36, 18 April 2024
- woman in the Norwegian armed forces is that of Rear Admiral. [http://www.mil.no/languages/english/start/article.jhtml?articleID=152119 Forsvarnett: ...76 KB (11,315 words) - 23:28, 17 May 2023
- in the front and the inevitable one in the rear.[https://www.marxists.org/archive/t ... mountains and enter Siberia in pursuit of Admiral Alexander Kolchak's ...93 KB (14,349 words) - 07:47, 6 March 2023
