The papers formed the basis of his first book, Edward Pellew, Viscount Exmouth, Admiral of the Red.

Admiral Sir Edward Seymour sent reinforcements to Peking, but they were insufficient to defend the Legation.

* 1747 – British fleet under Admiral Sir Edward Hawke defeats the French at the second battle of Cape Finisterre.

The program was led by David Peck Todd with the military assistance of Admiral Edward W. Eberle ( Chief of Naval Operations ), with William F. Friedman ( chief cryptographer of the US Army ), assigned to translate any potential Martian messages.

Although they did not know the reason at the time, Admiral Edward Vernon's sailors were healthier than the rest of the navy, due to the daily doses of vitamin C the sailors received.

In a second British act of aggression, Admiral Edward Boscawen fired on the French ship Alcide on June 8, 1755, capturing her and two troop ships.

The former is under the command of Edward III of England and the latter under that of Admiral Hugues Quiéret and treasurer Nicholas Béhuchet assisted by Genoese mercenary galleys under Egidio Bocanegra.

On 20 July, Vice Admiral Edward Vernon and a squadron of warships departed England bound for the West Indies to attack Spanish ships and " possessions ".

The poorly defended port was attacked by six ships of the line under Vice Admiral Edward Vernon who captured it within twenty-four hours.

The largest action of the war was a major amphibious attack launched by the British under Admiral Edward Vernon in March, 1741 against Cartagena de Indias, one of Spain's principal gold-trading ports in their colony of New Granada ( today Colombia ).

Vice-Admiral Admiral Vernon | Edward Vernon.

One force, military and naval, was to assault them from the West Indies under Admiral Edward Vernon.

In March 1741, the city endured a large-scale attack by British and American colonial troops led by Admiral Edward Vernon ( 1684 – 1757 ), who arrived at Cartagena with a massive fleet of 186 ships and 23, 600 men, including 12, 000 infantry, against six Spanish ships and fewer than 6, 000 men, in an action known as the Battle of Cartagena de Indias, part of the War of Jenkin's Ear.

Since the mid 1990s, the insignia of a Royal Australian Navy Rear Admiral is the crown of St Edward above a crossed sword and baton, above two silver stars, above the word " AUSTRALIA ".

Thomas Seymour, Lord Admiral and brother of Edward Seymour

The title Earl of Sandwich was created in 1660 for the prominent naval commander Admiral Sir Edward Montagu.

As a result, the Republic was in 1672 at the apex of its naval power ; in the English navy however, Admiral Edward Spragge had grown jealous of supreme commander Prince Rupert of the Rhine.

Nevertheless the damage incurred — including the death of Admiral Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich — was so extensive that the Allies would be prevented from executing major naval actions for the rest of the season, apart from a failed attempt to intercept the Dutch East India Company ( VOC ) Return Fleet from the Dutch East Indies.

Famed Arctic explorer, Admiral Sir William Edward Parry was appointed as Comptroller of Steam Machinery and Packet Service in April 1837.

In early 1782 British Admiral Sir Edward Hughes captured Trincomalee on the eastern coast of Ceylon, considered to be the finest harbour in the Bay of Bengal.

* Admiral Edward A. Burkhalter-Chief of Naval Intelligence ; Director of Intelligence Community, CIA

The naval battle happened more by accident than by design as a result of a manoeuvre by the Allied commander-in-chief, Admiral Edward Codrington, aimed at coercing the Ottoman commander to obey Allied instructions.

Originally a parish of Kingston, it was chartered in 1760 as Hawke, after Admiral Sir Edward Hawke.

* Admiral Edward Vernon.

It derives from Hawke Bay which was named by Captain James Cook in honour of Admiral Edward Hawke who decisively defeated the French at the Battle of Quiberon Bay.

There are three pubs ( the Crown Hotel, the Admiral Hawke and the Fox and Hounds ), a small Costcutter supermarket situated in the former Royal Hotel ( the former Costcutter being now a bar ), and several independent retailers within the village centre ( a butcher, hardware shop and several takeaways ), with a small off-licence on Wickham Avenue serving the surrounding council estate.

He was in continuous service during the peace of 1748 – 56, and on the outbreak of the Seven Years ' War served with Admiral Edward Hawke in the Basque Roads in command of.

He replaced the distinguished Admiral Sir Edward Hawke in the post.

Admiral of the Fleet Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke KB, PC ( 21 February 1705 – 16 October 1781 ) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

In spite of their personal disagreements, Anson had a deep respect for Hawke as an Admiral, and pushed unsuccessfully for him to be given a place on the Admiralty board.

Hawke was sent to replace Admiral John Byng as commander in the Mediterranean in 1756.

Many English public houses bear the name ' Admiral Hawke ' in his honour.

The British Admiral Sir Edward Hawke with 24 ships of the line caught up with a French fleet with 21 ships of the line under Marshal de Conflans and, after hard fighting, sank, captured, or forced aground 6 of them and dispersed the rest, giving the Royal Navy one of its greatest victories, as part of the Annus Mirabilis of 1759.

Sunbury was once the residence of Admiral Hawke who blockaded Rochefort in 1757 and in 1758 he directed the blockade of Brest for six months.

It was designed by John Stamp and David Brown to be a large patchwork of Sunbury landmarks, including St. Mary's Church, the Admiral Hawke and the river.

* The second battle of Cape Finisterre ( 1747 ) on 25 October 1747 was a decisive victory for a British fleet under Admiral Sir Edward Hawke

A British fleet of fourteen ships of the line commanded by Rear-Admiral Sir Edward Hawke intercepted a French convoy protected by eight French ships of the line commanded by Admiral Desherbiers de l ' Etenduère.

He was present, in his first year of service, at the capture of Cherbourg, and served in the following year in the Battle of Quiberon Bay between Sir Edward Hawke and Admiral Hubert de Brienne, Comte de Conflans.

After refitting, several of Boscawen's victorious Mediterranean ships were sent to join Admiral Hawke's fleet off Ushant, and five were with Hawke when he destroyed the Brest fleet at the Battle of Quiberon Bay.

Believing that de Grasse would return a portion of his fleet to Europe, Rodney detached Rear Admiral Sir Samuel Hood with 14 ships of the line and orders to find de Grasse's destination in North America.

As commander of IJN 2nd Fleet, the Navy's principal detached force for independent operations, Kondō was regarded as second in importance only to Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto.

He detached Whetstone and six ships to search off Port St Louis in Hispaniola for a French squadron under Admiral Jean du Casse, which it was believed would call at the port on his voyage to Cartagena, from where he might raid English and Dutch shipping.

* A Collection of several Pamphlets, very little known, some suppressed letters, and sundry detached pieces … relative to the case of Admiral Byng.

In 1781 the American revolution induced the Dutch Republic to join with the Bourbon side against the British, a large fleet under Admiral Lord Rodney's command was sent to the West Indies, and after having made some seizures in the Caribbean Islands, a squadron was detached to take possession of the colonies of Essequebo and Demerara, which was accomplished without much difficulty.

Commander McCalla had been detached by Admiral Sampson from the blockading fleet at Santiago and ordered to reconnoiter the bay for a naval base.

After the fleet rounded Cape Horn and steamed up the western coasts of South and North America, he detached from at Mare Island Navy Yard and was assigned to the staff of his father, Edward D. Taussig by then a Rear Admiral and Commandant of the Norfolk Navy Yard.

It was here, too, that the Admiral was unexpectedly rejoined by the armed merchant cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich, which he had earlier detached to attack Allied shipping in Australian waters.

Rear Admiral Roy M. Davenport as a Lieutenant CommanderAfterward, " at his own request ", Davenport was detached for a rest and new construction, and " Beetle " Roach was given Haddock.