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- British lost none. The British commander Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson died ... the French Revolution. As a result, Vice-Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve ...36 KB (5,789 words) - 01:40, 26 September 2023
- the flugelhorn solo on "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" by Paul and ... title=Uncle Albert - Admiral Halsey by Paul McCartney |url=https://www ...12 KB (1,704 words) - 20:41, 28 December 2023
- water faster than it could be bailed. The Admiral of the Company, Sir George ... 142 castaways on board, including Rolfe, Admiral Somers, Stephen Hopkins ...13 KB (1,946 words) - 03:55, 3 May 2024
- from the navy, commanded by Pothos Argyros and Admiral Alexios Mosele. In March 921, the opposing forces clashed in the battle of Pegae where the ...15 KB (2,004 words) - 20:31, 28 March 2024
- flag was said to have been brought back by Admiral F.W. Kennedy. [https://www ... a British force, under the command of Admiral Sir Harry Rawson, conquered ...12 KB (1,841 words) - 09:14, 27 September 2023
- of the Battle of the Saintes, in which Admiral George Rodney defeated the ... of Sciences. He obtained the rank of vice-admiral in 1791; and in 1794, having ...12 KB (1,896 words) - 02:50, 4 November 2022
- For subsequent operations, Admiral Ernest J. King and other members ... Shō-Go 1 called for Vice-Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa's fleet, known ...48 KB (7,546 words) - 10:05, 22 September 2023
- bringing off the Prince William Henry and Admiral Digby merits applause, and ... in 1788, and was promoted to Rear-Admiral in command of HMS Valiant ...36 KB (5,444 words) - 21:27, 8 February 2024
- , who was a Turkish privateer and Ottoman admiral who dominated the Mediterranean ... In April 1655, English Admiral Robert Blake (1599—1657) was sent ...17 KB (2,367 words) - 12:23, 18 April 2023
- Isoroku Yamamoto(Japanese: 山本五十六, Yamamoto Isoroku) (April 4,1884 – April 18, 1943) was a Fleet Admiral and Commander-in-Chief of ...45 KB (7,129 words) - 05:57, 11 March 2024
- infighting between the Navy's GHQ and Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto’s Combined ... Admiral Yamamoto succeeded in winning a bureaucratic struggle, placing ...42 KB (6,566 words) - 10:16, 22 September 2023
- Operation Chromite. A briefing led by Admiral James Doyle concluded "the ... (the Army Chief of Staff, left) and Admiral Forrest P. Sherman (the ...21 KB (3,161 words) - 09:47, 22 September 2023
- to fight!" His later service as an admiral in the Russian Navy brought ... French, with a nine gun salvo fired from Admiral Piquet’s flagship. Jones ...18 KB (2,783 words) - 03:55, 2 May 2024
- 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
- Turgut Reis (1485 - June 23, 1565) was a Ottoman admiral as well as Bey of Algiers; Beylerbey of the Mediterranean; and first Bey later Pasha ...33 KB (5,326 words) - 18:45, 6 November 2022
- Under the direction of Rear Admiral Juan Williams, the Chilean Navy ... Navy did not oblige. Under the command of Admiral Miguel Grau aboard Huáscar ...34 KB (5,333 words) - 22:54, 3 May 2023
- James was appointed Lord High Admiral and commanded the Royal Navy ... to relinquish the post of Lord High Admiral. His conversion to Catholicism ...32 KB (4,831 words) - 21:40, 8 February 2024
- Sir Francis Drake, Vice Admiral, (c. 1540 – January 28 1596) was a pre-eminent English navigator, politician, civil engineer, and known slave ...19 KB (3,035 words) - 04:49, 9 April 2024
- by the co-prime minister Gao Jiong), and Admiral Zhou Luohou (周羅睺) ... a Goguryeo fleet totaling 50,000 led by Admiral Gang I sik, presumably on ...15 KB (2,307 words) - 08:50, 19 December 2022
- Although born into a distinguished Anglican family and the son of ... were extremely distressing to his father, Admiral Sir William Penn, who had ...16 KB (2,612 words) - 10:39, 11 May 2023
- writing for the popular theater company, The Admiral's Men. Unlike Shakespeare, Middleton remained a free agent, able to write for whichever company ...15 KB (2,278 words) - 21:23, 30 April 2023
- mariner, explorer, diplomat and fleet admiral, who made the voyages collectively ... significant trade, since Zheng He was an admiral and an official, not a merchant ...33 KB (5,055 words) - 06:00, 13 June 2023
- US Admiral Richard Byrd, with the assistance of his first pilot Bernt Balchen, became the first person to fly over the South Pole on November ...23 KB (3,208 words) - 15:38, 4 February 2023
- pirates and corsaires, including English admiral and privateer Sir Francis ... In March 1741, British and American colonial troops led by Admiral ...27 KB (3,998 words) - 00:39, 29 November 2023
- of Pasha and becoming the Kaptan-ı Derya (Fleet Admiral) of the Ottoman Navy) (c. 1478 – July 4, 1546), was a Turkish privateer and Ottoman admiral ...38 KB (6,070 words) - 17:40, 30 January 2022
- fell to the U.S. commanders: Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz, General ... Admiral Matome Ugaki was recalled to Japan in February 1945 and given ...36 KB (5,455 words) - 21:51, 17 February 2023
- he was buried alongside the greatest British Admiral, Lord Horatio Nelson. ==List of Dukes of Wellington (1814)== *Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke ...8 KB (1,279 words) - 17:20, 12 February 2024
- ardour of both the fleet and its admiral. He frequently intervened ... the British in the spring of 1794: Rear-Admiral Pierre Vanstabel had been ...60 KB (9,430 words) - 18:53, 31 December 2023
- Soon after her ascension, Anne appointed her husband Lord High Admiral ... his removal from the office of Lord High Admiral. Anne was forced to appeal ...29 KB (4,444 words) - 15:41, 7 December 2022
- their success on land, naval forces under Admiral Yi Sun-sin soon counterattacked ... severe damage in heavy fighting and Korean admiral Yi Sun-sin was killed, but ...22 KB (3,284 words) - 12:36, 18 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
- by a delegation of Greeks led by First Admiral and Prime Minister Constantine ... of Russia (1863-1919) and second Admiral Perikles Ioannidis; ...30 KB (4,602 words) - 15:49, 10 November 2022
- Back in England, Cabot was made an admiral, rewarded with £10 and a patent was written for a new voyage. Later, a pension of £20 a year was ...9 KB (1,380 words) - 04:35, 3 August 2022
- southern Solomons was conceived by U.S. Admiral Ernest King, Commander in ... Allied expeditionary force was U.S. Vice Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher, whose ...54 KB (8,339 words) - 09:45, 22 September 2023
- Brooke, Chief of the Imperial General Staff; Admiral Cunningham, First Sea Lord; Admiral William Leahy, Chief of staff to President Roosevelt, during ...30 KB (4,408 words) - 02:51, 19 April 2023
- flank under the command of the Rhodian admiral, Theophiliscus attack the ... On the way back to Rhodes, the Rhodian admiral Theophiliscus died of the ...30 KB (4,711 words) - 00:32, 27 December 2021
- sea. There he met the fleet of Octavian, led by Admiral Agrippa, arranged to block his exit in an arc from the south. Mark Antony's warships ...9 KB (1,410 words) - 05:41, 15 June 2023
- navarch more than once, he was appointed as a vice-admiral instead, with the clear understanding that this was a mere legal fiction. ...9 KB (1,437 words) - 11:30, 20 September 2023
- #039;s High Seas Fleet commanded by Vice Admiral Reinhard Scheer and the ... Consequently, Admiral Jellicoe led the Grand Fleet of twenty-four ...56 KB (8,672 words) - 09:48, 22 September 2023
- point he was styled Viscount Brome. His Brother was Admiral Sir William Cornwallis. An uncle, Frederick, was Archbishop of Canterbury and another uncle ...9 KB (1,361 words) - 01:57, 4 December 2023
- 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 ...35 KB (5,047 words) - 18:20, 22 December 2022
- on India's southcoast in 1620. Admiral Ove Gjedde led the expedition that established the colony. The only remaining vestige of this empire ...10 KB (1,462 words) - 22:08, 25 January 2024
- 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
- 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
- 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 ...20 KB (3,004 words) - 09:28, 28 September 2023
- 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 ...20 KB (2,984 words) - 18:31, 13 February 2024
- which sent Colonel Robert Clive and Admiral Charles Watson. They recaptured ... to be distributed at the pleasure of the Admiral and gentlemen of Council. ...19 KB (3,062 words) - 10:19, 22 September 2023
- 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 ...10 KB (1,536 words) - 15:30, 28 January 2023
- 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 ...11 KB (1,746 words) - 22:08, 29 January 2023
- In late 1914, the islands were the rendezvous for Admiral Maximilian von Spee's East Asiatic Squadron as he gathered his ships together ...22 KB (3,070 words) - 05:59, 10 May 2024
- 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 ...33 KB (5,132 words) - 14:36, 27 January 2023
- *The Admiral's Men *The King's Men *King's Revels Children *King's Revels Men *Lady Elizabeth's Men *Leicester's Men ...22 KB (3,354 words) - 07:42, 5 February 2022
- 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
- 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 ...11 KB (1,690 words) - 10:18, 22 September 2023
- In 1995, Admiral An Byeongtae , the 20th Chief of Naval Operations ... the highest-ranking officer (four-star admiral) of the ROK Navy. The ROK ...22 KB (3,202 words) - 10:59, 10 March 2023
- Leonid Govorov and Ivan Konev, General Shtemenko, Admiral Levchenko and others. == Arrests == Initially, thirty-seven were arrested, but the ...12 KB (1,709 words) - 16:33, 29 January 2024
- * Be given the rank of Admiral of the Ocean Sea (Atlantic Ocean) ... Admiral Columbus left from Cádiz, Spain, to find more places on September ...38 KB (6,067 words) - 21:42, 10 December 2023
- 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, ...61 KB (8,760 words) - 00:36, 12 April 2023
- Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas George Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, KG, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, DSO ...36 KB (5,344 words) - 04:07, 4 November 2022
- 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 ...12 KB (1,814 words) - 10:05, 22 September 2023
- of the repertoire of Alleyn's company, the Admiral's Men, throughout the 1590s. ==The Marlowe Legend== As with other writers of the ...25 KB (3,850 words) - 21:42, 10 December 2023
- more times before falling to the English under Admiral Robert Holmes (1622-1692) on January 23, 1664, and finally to the French in 1677. Though under ...23 KB (3,372 words) - 08:41, 24 January 2024
- Tokyo. Naval students such as the future Admiral Takeaki Enomoto (who studied ... the Boshin War, under the command of Admiral Enomoto. After the defeat ...62 KB (9,133 words) - 16:43, 12 February 2024
- governor, a general, and by the 1750s, an admiral. Although Spanish settlers ... governor, a general, and by the 1750s, an admiral. Historical information ...25 KB (3,718 words) - 11:09, 10 March 2023
- The Admiral's Men performed Doctor Faustus twenty-five times ... that Edward Alleyn, lead actor of The Admiral's Men, devoted his ...35 KB (5,273 words) - 01:42, 26 March 2024
- | 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
- quickly, but due to the skill of the British Admiral Nelson, they were forced to stay for three years. This allowed the 167 scientists, technicians, ...13 KB (1,999 words) - 19:17, 16 December 2022
- and back to Russia via Siberia as the secretary of Admiral Putyatin. His travelogue, a chronicle of the trip, The Frigate Pallada (The Frigate Pallas ...12 KB (1,938 words) - 06:35, 11 March 2024
- the Eighth Fleet under the command of Vice Admiral Gunichi Mikawa, were usually ... in the South Pacific, convinced Vice Admiral Robert L. Ghormley, commander ...46 KB (6,816 words) - 11:29, 20 September 2023
- overthrown by rightwing officers who made Admiral Alexander Kolchak the new ... Siberia: The Anti-Bolshevik Government of Admiral Kolchak, 1918-1920. Cambridge ...40 KB (5,691 words) - 16:00, 22 July 2022
- of them took place in 1502, by the Portuguese Admiral Vasco da Gama, who passed through the Amirantes and named them after himself (islands of the ...23 KB (3,343 words) - 19:52, 21 April 2023
- which declared that the Captain-General or Admiral-General of the Netherlands ... with his followers. He was also appointed Admiral-General of the Netherlands. ...49 KB (7,679 words) - 11:02, 9 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
- still popular today, including biographies of Admiral Lord Nelson, John Bunyan, and John Wesley, and a historical study of Portugal and Spain where ...13 KB (2,061 words) - 02:17, 16 December 2022
- about the defenses of Charleston harbor to Admiral Samuel Dupont, commander of the Union ships guarding Charleston. Smalls became famous as a ...13 KB (2,026 words) - 02:16, 16 December 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
- in honor of Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood (an admiral of the Royal Navy) and the tallest Cascade, Mount Rainier, is the namesake of Admiral Peter Rainier ...29 KB (4,312 words) - 14:17, 29 November 2023
- building in central Berlin. He told Vice-Admiral Hans-Erich Voss that he ... Goebbels as Reich Chancellor, Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz as Reich President ...34 KB (5,445 words) - 21:47, 6 May 2024
- Mahadev Desai stands behind her, and Mirabehn (Admiral Slade's daughter) to the right.]] Sarojini Naidu (February 13, 1879 – March 2, ...13 KB (2,030 words) - 02:26, 21 April 2023
- taken eighty years. He was given the title "Admiral of the Indian Ocean," and the feudal rights over Sines were confirmed. He also was awarded ...13 KB (2,082 words) - 14:38, 3 May 2023
- Da Conti, and used during the travels of Admiral Zheng He in the early fifteenth ... them on fire, were invented by the French Admiral Henri-Joseph Paixhans and ...59 KB (9,033 words) - 22:12, 16 January 2022
- with distinction during the battle. Rear Admiral Isaac C. Kidd, and Captain ... including Fuchida and Genda, urged Admiral Nagumo to carry out a third ...60 KB (9,048 words) - 18:23, 21 August 2023
- spoke directly of the Madagascar Plan with Grand Admiral Erich Raeder. Once learning of the new potential of the Plan, Reinhard Heydrich, appointed ...14 KB (2,250 words) - 19:48, 26 March 2024
- American aviators Clarence Chamberlin and Admiral Richard E. Byrd, joined ... to missions such as the one that killed Admiral Yamamoto, Lindbergh's ...26 KB (3,945 words) - 21:30, 4 December 2023
- In 1558, Turkish admiral Piyale Pasha captured the Balearic Islands ... Andrea Doria, nephew of the famous Genoese admiral Andrea Doria, who had lost ...35 KB (5,314 words) - 03:19, 24 November 2022
- expanded during the later 18th century. Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson commanded ... *Callo, Joseph F. Nelson Speaks: Admiral Lord Nelson and His Own Words ...27 KB (3,940 words) - 06:23, 31 July 2023
- 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
- General Eulji Mundeok at the Battle of Salsu or Admiral Yi Sun-sin at the battles of Hansan and Myeongnyang, which, like Gang's battles, overcame ...14 KB (2,116 words) - 07:45, 23 January 2023
- Allies included negotiators such as the U.S. Admiral Mark L. Bristol, who served as the United States High Commissioner and championed Turkish efforts. ...15 KB (2,295 words) - 14:56, 2 May 2023
- 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
- representative) of Guelders and an admiral of Flanders. In 1559 he ... was decisively defeated by Lieutenant-Admiral Maarten Tromp in the Battle ...28 KB (4,365 words) - 11:02, 23 December 2021
- and the island was captured (for which Admiral Byng was court-martialed ... Quiberon Bay on November 20, the British admiral Edward Hawke with 23 ships ...29 KB (4,438 words) - 10:09, 26 January 2023
- English-language role was probably that of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto in Midway. ... *1968 Admiral Yamamoto - directed by Eiji Tsuburaya *1968 Gion Festival ...28 KB (4,179 words) - 04:42, 1 May 2023
- barred them from leaving Soviet Russia). Admiral Kolchak headed the resistance and a provisional Russian government. Britain encouraged him to ...15 KB (2,240 words) - 18:55, 31 October 2022
- between 1405 and 1433, led by the great admiral, the Muslim eunuch Zheng ... America in 1421. According to British Admiral Gavin Menzies ...27 KB (4,177 words) - 16:58, 4 June 2023
- In 1801, a British fleet under Admiral Parker fought the Battle of Copenhagen, against the Danish Navy in Copenhagen harbor. It was during this ...28 KB (4,058 words) - 02:55, 8 January 2024
- (Duarte), and his maternal grandfather had been Admiral of Portugal. He was educated in mathematics and classical Latin at the court of Afonso ...14 KB (2,194 words) - 06:01, 16 June 2023
- foreign-educated future leaders, such as Admiral Enomoto Takeaki. French ... 1868, and the bakufu naval forces under Admiral Enomoto continued to hold ...38 KB (5,709 words) - 18:15, 12 February 2024
- William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield PC (March 2, 1705 – March 20, 1793), was a British judge and politician who reached high office in the ...15 KB (2,385 words) - 20:02, 24 November 2022
- between France and Great Britain when Admiral Dupetit-Thouars, acting independently of the French government, was able to convince Tahiti's ...13 KB (1,870 words) - 02:52, 27 February 2023
