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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
