* 1799 – The entire Dutch fleet is captured by British forces under the command of Sir Ralph Abercromby and Admiral Sir Charles Mitchell during the Second Coalition of the French Revolutionary Wars.

* 1704 – War of the Spanish Succession: Gibraltar is captured by an English and Dutch fleet, commanded by Admiral Sir George Rooke and allied with Archduke Charles.

Before the demolition could take place, Admiral Sir Hugh Sinclair ( Director of Naval Intelligence and head of MI6 ) bought the site.

Among her portraits which followed from that association are those of Georges Clemenceau ; First Lady Edith Roosevelt and her daughter ; and Admiral Sir David Beatty.

In 1655, Oliver Cromwell dispatched a fleet, commanded by Admiral Sir William Penn, to conquer Santo Domingo.

The Neustra Señora del Rosario, the Spanish Armada's " payship " commanded by Admiral Pedro de Valdés, was captured along with all its crew by Sir Francis Drake.

The house had previously belonged to Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane and before him General Sir Robert Arbuthnot KCB.

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

In May 1902 he was passed fit for sea duty and was appointed captain of the cruiser HMS Juno in June, spending two months in exercises with the Channel Fleet under Admiral Sir Arthur Wilson before joining the Mediterranean fleet.

Admiral Sir Dudley Pound commented: ' Who wants these sinkers-of-hospital-ships and machine-gunners-of-sailors-in-the-water at Admiral Beatty's funeral anyway?

Admiral ) Sir David Beatty, KCB, KCVO, DSO

Admiral ) Sir David Beatty, GCB, KCVO, DSO

Admiral ) Sir David Beatty, GCB, GCVO, DSO

* 1 January – 1 May 1919: Admiral Sir David Beatty, GCB, GCVO, DSO

* 1 May – 3 June 1919: Admiral of the Fleet Sir David Beatty, GCB, GCVO, DSO

* 3 June – 18 October 1919: Admiral of the Fleet Sir David Beatty, GCB, OM, GCVO, DSO

He was posted to the battleship HMS Centurion in the Reserve Fleet in 1926 and became Assistant Fleet Wireless and Signals Officer of the Mediterranean Fleet under the command of Admiral Sir Roger Keyes in January 1927.

Sir Francis Drake, Vice Admiral ( 1540 – 27 January 1596 ) was an English sea captain, privateer, navigator, slaver, and politician of the Elizabethan era.

Allied leaders of the Sicilian campaign in North Africa ; ( front row, left to right ) General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder | Arthur Tedder, General Sir Harold Alexander, Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope | Andrew Cunningham, ( top row, left to right ) Harold Macmillan, Major General Walter Bedell Smith, and unidentified British officers ; 1943

However, he was wrecked on HMS Victoria when it collided with HMS Camperdown ( the flagship of the Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet, Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon ) off Tripoli on 22 June 1893 ; the Admiral, 21 officers and 350 men drowned.

* James William Augustus Nicholson, Rear Admiral, U. S. Navy

Early in his naval career, Smyth sought and was given permission by Lord Exmouth to allow his half brother Augustus passage through the Mediterranean aboard the RN naval gunship that he commanded & which was part of Admiral Exmouth Royal Navy fleet.

The war was swiftly conducted by Admiral Robert Stopford, General Frederick Augustus Wetherall, and Colonel Rollo Gillespie, who led a well-organized army against an army of mostly French conscripts with little proper leadership.

In September 1943, TF 11 was reorganized around light carriers and under Rear Admiral Willis Augustus Lee, and supported landings on Baker Island and Howland Island.

Caricature from Vanity Fair ( British magazine ) | Vanity Fair of Admiral ( Royal Navy ) | Admiral Augustus Clifford | Sir Augustus W. J.

* 25 July 1832 – 8 February 1877: Admiral Sir Augustus Clifford

George Augustus was brother to Admiral Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, 4th Viscount and Sir William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe.

On August 17, 1864, a squadron consisting of nine British ( Euryalus, Conqueror, Tartar, Leopard, Barrosa, Perseus, Argus, Coquette, and Bouncer ), four Dutch ( Amsterdam, Medusa, Metalen-Kruis, and D ' Jambi ), and three French warships ( Tancrède, Sémiramis, and Dupleix ), together with 2, 000 soldiers, marines and sailors, all under the command of Admiral Sir Augustus Leopold Kuper of the Royal Navy, steamed out of Yokohama to open Shimonoseki Strait.

In 1893, for example, his subjects included the Bishop of Shrewsbury ( Sir Lovelace Stamer ); Sir John Lubbock FRS ; A N Hornby ( Captain of the Lancashire Eleven ); Sir Edward Augustus Inglefield ( Admiral and Arctic explorer ).

The house was built in 1770 by Admiral Augustus Keppel ( Lord Keppel ) on land where James II had hunted game.

After his success in the Baillie case, Erskine had no shortage of work and a few months later was retained by Admiral Augustus Keppel in his court martial at Portsmouth.

In 1777, when war with France appeared imminent, Ross returned to active service, and was appointed to the 74-gun, joining the fleet under Admiral Augustus Keppel in the Battle of Ushant on 27 July 1778.

Admiral Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel PC ( 25 April 1725 – 2 October 1786 ) was an officer of the Royal Navy during the Seven Years ' War and the War of American Independence.

The island is named after First Lord of the Admiralty, Admiral Augustus Keppel.

Admiral Sir Ernest Frederick Augustus Gaunt KBE ( 1865 – 1940 ), a native of Australia, was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief of the Western Approaches.

Keppels Column built in 1778, by the Marquis of Rockingham, built to commemorate the acquittal of Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel | Admiral Keppel on charges of Treason.

He was the son of Rear Admiral Augustus F. Fechteler.

USS Fechteler ( DE-157 ) and USS Fechteler ( DD-870 ) were named for his father, Rear Admiral Augustus F. Fechteler.

The conflict caused much controversy in the British House of Commons, but Acting Vice Admiral Augustus Leopold Kuper's conduct was eventually commended by the House.

The islands were named by Captain James Cook in 1770 after the then First Lord of the Admiralty, Admiral Augustus Keppel.

Rear Admiral Augustus Henry Kilty ( November 25, 1807 – November 10, 1879 ) was a United States Navy officer who served during the Civil War.