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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 ...
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  • Admiral Togo's initial plan was to swoop down upon Port Arthur ... On the Russian side, Admiral Stark had the battleships Petropavlovsk ...
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  • In 1782, the French, under Admiral Comte François Joseph Paul ... flag officers, promoted Hood to rear-admiral on September 26, 1780 ...
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  • of the French Far Eastern Squadron, Rear Admiral Pierre-Gustave Roze harbored ... initiative with Chinese authorities, Rear Admiral Roze made his own military ...
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  • began operating out of Istanbul, under Rear Admiral Souchon, engaging Russian ... In October 1939, Dönitz became a Rear Admiral and commander of submarines; ...
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  • or benefit for the British military, Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane saw ... this portrait of [[George Cockburn|the Rear Admiral George Cockburn]]]] ...
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  • #039;s first modern warship. Later, after Admiral Shufeldt protested the treatment ... * Drake, Frederick C. The empire of the seas: a biography of Rear ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • were dispatched to Gibraltar under Rear-Admiral Louis for supplies. These ... line, placing the rear division under Rear-Admiral Pierre Dumanoir le Pelley ...
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  • |31 July 1811|| colspan=2 | Appointed Rear Admiral of the Blue (backdated ... Afterwards, Bligh's promotion to Rear Admiral was backdated, ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • psoriasis and had to be replaced with Rear Admiral Raymond A. Spruance (Halsey ... Nimitz also hurriedly called back Rear Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher ...
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  • defeated the Spanish squadron, under Admiral Patricio Montojo y Pasarón ... Spanish Admiral Cervera, who had arrived from Spain, held up his naval ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • and destroy the Allied landing forces. Rear-Admiral Shoji Nishimura's ... them by the 7th Fleet Support Force. Rear Admiral Jesse Oldendorf had six ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • by her German counterpart, Elbing, of Rear Admiral Bodicker's Scouting ... Beatty, some three miles (5 km) from Rear-Admiral Sir Hugh Evan-Thomas& ...
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  • 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 ...
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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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  • 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 ...
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  • London Naval Conference of 1930 as a Rear Admiral and as a Vice Admiral ... while dispatching a force under Rear Admiral Takeo Takagi, including ...
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  • work. Aboard his flagship HMS Somerset, Admiral Samuel Graves awoke irritated ... American left flank, and take them from the rear. Brigadier General Robert ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • for over seven weeks on Staten Island, Admiral Richard Howe moved 88 frigates ... Hessians Until British Attached From The Rear"] Battle Pass. ...
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  • | first = Rear-Admiral Sir Anthony | coauthors = Noel-Baker, Philip | title = Disarmament and Defence | publisher = United Nations [Peacefinder ...
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  • Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and Rear Admiral Jules Sébastien César ... features Napoleon's profile and the rear, the imperial Eagle. An imperial ...
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  • * Fiske, Bradley A. 1919. From Midshipman to Rear-Admiral. New York: Century Co. ISBN 0548176485 * Hamerla, R. R. 2006. An American Scientist ...
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  • Reserve (RNVR) on the staff of the Rear-Admiral Coastal Services. In 1943 was promoted to Captain (RNVR), and appointed Director of the Combined ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • smaller support vessels. On board the Colorado, Rear Admiral John Rodgers' flag ship, was Frederick F. Low, the United States Ambassador to China ...
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  • The Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster, normally called Westminster Abbey, is a large, mainly Gothic church in Westminster, London, ...
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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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  • 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. ...
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  • Second ROK Army has been converted into the Rear Operations Command (ROC). ... In 1995, Admiral An Byeongtae , the 20th Chief of Naval Operations ...
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  • the commander of the Black Sea Fleet, Vice Admiral K. P. Pilkin, agreed on ... When Rear Admiral Pisarevsky reached Constanța on the morning of ...
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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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  • of 49 ships and 140 smaller craft led by Admiral Charles Saunders. ... while the flying column harried the British rear - Montcalm instead fought ...
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  • The New Harbor had been renamed as Keppel Harbor in 1900 after Admiral ... throughout the hospital. Entering from the rear, they bayoneted everyone they ...
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  • in March 1813, a squadron under Rear Admiral George Cockburn started ... During the blockade of the Chesapeake, in fact, Rear Admiral Cockburn ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • with the naval strategy theories of Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan. He ... by seven battleships commanded by Rear Admiral Willis Lee. ...
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  • In 1943, Vice Admiral Lord Mountbatten proposed a plan to retake the ... Although plans had been drawn up and proposed by Vice Admiral Lord ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • 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 ...
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