* 1755 – Commodore William James captures the pirate fortress of Suvarnadurg on west coast of India.

* April 2 – A naval fleet led by Commodore William James of the East India Company captures Tulaji Angre's fortress Suvarnadurg from the Marathas.

* Sir James Douglas, 1st Baronet ( 1703 – 1787 ), Commodore for Newfoundland and Labrador

* During the 1884 United States presidential campaign, Republican candidate James G. Blaine dined at a New York City restaurant with some wealthy business executives including " Commodore " Vanderbilt, Jay Gould, etc.

Like Macdonough, Downie had difficulty obtaining men and materials from the senior officer on Lake Ontario ( Commodore James Lucas Yeo ) and Macdonough had intercepted several spars which had been sold to Britain by unpatriotic Vermonters.

When reinforcements from the Royal Navy commanded by Commodore James Lucas Yeo arrived in Kingston, Yeo almost immediately embarked some troops commanded by Sir George Prevost and attacked Sackett's Harbor.

In 1984, Coleco made versions of Root Beer Tapper for their proprietary ColecoVision game console, as well as the Atari 2600 console and the Commodore 64, Apple II, and IBM PC ( DOS ) computer systems, designed by David James Ritchie.

Young sets Debs ’ s character against a constellation of historical figures using the language and imagery of the period to present a most brilliant and unparalleled gallery: the widowed Mary Todd Lincoln, the poet James Whitcomb Riley ( the creator of Little Orphan Annie ), Eugene Field, Bill Nye, Joe Hill, Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony, and Clarence Darrow, among numerous others.

Sailor-Diplomat: A Biography of Commodore James Biddle, 1783-1848 Boston: Northeastern University Press.

Apparently impressed by the clever pirate, Commodore James Norrington ( Jack Davenport ) allows him one day's head start before giving chase.

* Sir James Douglas, 1st Baronet ( 1703 – 1787 ), Commodore for Newfoundland and Labrador

Other local landmarks include Severndroog Castle, a folly designed by the architect Richard Jupp in 1784 and built to commemorate Commodore Sir William James, who on 2 April 1755 attacked and destroyed a pirate fortress at Suvarnadurg along the western coast of India.

In May 1804, Eaton was given the commission of a navy lieutenant and sent back to the Barbary regencies, under the supervision of Commodore James Barron, to find Hamet Caramelli and enlist his cooperation in the war.

* Andrew James Wray Geddes ( 1906 – 1988 ), British Air Commodore responsible for the planning of Operation Manna

Another suitor, Commodore James Norrington, a man socially superior to Will in nearly every way, seems likely to win Elizabeth's hand.

Commodore Dale sailed in the flagship President with Captain James Barron and a fleet of four other ships.

The USS Chesapeake lay off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia, and was under the command of Commodore James Barron.

It was built to commemorate Commodore Sir William James who, in April 1755, attacked and destroyed the island fortress of Suvarnadurg ( then rendered in English: Severndroog ) on the western coast of India, between Mumbai and Goa.

Commodore James, 1784 ( painted by Joshua Reynolds )

Commodore Sir William James, 1st Baronet, FRS ( c. 1721 – 16 December 1783 ) was a British naval commander known for his successful campaigns against Indian native navies.

* a folly, Severndroog Castle ( built as a memorial to Commodore Sir William James – a former chairman of the East India Company ), on Shooter's Hill in south-east London ( 1784 ).

* James Earle " Commodore Squib: The Life, Times and Secretive Wars of England's First Rocket Man, Sir William Congreve, 1772-1828 " ( Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2010 ), 270p., illus.

* Tchéky Karyo as Commodore James " Paladin " Taggart ( as Tcheky Karyo )

While visiting Farragut and his family a short time later to express thanks for their care of his father and sympathy for their loss, Commodore Porter offered to take eight-year-old James Glasgow Farragut into his own household.

* James Craven as Commodore Carlson

* James Biddle, Commodore in the United States Navy

In 1844, Paulding was promoted to Captain and in 1845 he assumed command of for a three-year East Indian cruise and took command of that station with the departure of Commodore James Biddle for the United States.

It did so by buying a small startup company called Amiga Corporation in August 1984, for $ 25 million ($ 12. 8 million in cash & 550, 000 in common shares ) which became a subsidiary of Commodore, called Commodore-Amiga, Inc. Commodore brought this new 32-bit computer design ( initially codenamed " Lorraine ", later dubbed the Amiga 1000 ) to market in the fall of 1985 for US $ 1295.

Exterior changes brought an overall smoother body and a " twin-kidney " grille — a Commodore styling trait which remained until the 2002 VY model.

Largely as a result of Commodore Burke's superb professional skill, tireless energy and coolness of decision throughout these operations and during repeated air attacks carried out in strength against heavily fortified strongholds in enemy-controlled waters, the Pacific Fleet has been brought within range of the Japanese Empire itself to continue our relentless drive against the enemy.

The VH series Commodore introduced in September 1981 brought moderately updated frontal bodywork, with a new bonnet and front guards to facilitate the reshaped headlamps and a horizontally slatted grille.

Exterior changes brought an overall smoother body, semicircular wheel arches and the " twin-kidney " grille — a Commodore styling trait which remained until the VY model of 2002.

As the ranking Army officer, Kearny claimed command of California at the end of hostilities despite the fact that California was brought under U. S. control by Commodore Stockton's Pacific Squadron's forces.

Police Commissioner Andrew Hughes said that no charges could be brought against Commodore Bainimarama unless it could be proved that he had actually forced the President to resign.

Sharpies were introduced to Florida in 1881, when Commodore Ralph Munroe brought the 33-foot New Haven style sharpie, of his own design, Kingfish to the Miami area of Florida.

Air Commodore Lukis, Air Officer Commanding, North East Area, reported on 28 May 1942, that Pilot Officer Trench, RAAF had inspected the countryside near Portland Roads ( also known as Weymouth Bay ), with Colonel Mills and Captain Herman G. Cox of the USAAF.

The Commander British Forces Middle East, the in-theatre commander ( based in Riyadh ), was initially Air Vice Marshal Andrew Wilson ( September — October 1990 ), then Lieutenant-General Sir Peter de la Billière 6 October 1990 — March 1991, and Air Commodore Ian Macfadyen from March 1991.

The Senior British Naval Officer Middle East was Captain Anthony McEwen, Royal Navy until September 1990 ( on ), then Commodore Paul Haddocks September to December 1990.

Commodore Records was founded in the spring of 1938 by Milt Gabler, who in 1926 had founded the Commodore Music Shop in Manhattan, New York City, originally at 136 East 42nd Street ( in the Commodore Hotel ), and from 1938 – 41 with a branch at 46 West 52nd Street – an address commemorated in Chu Berry's ' Forty-six, West Fifty-two '.

That special flag on the veranda deck of the Missouri had been flown from Commodore Matthew Perry's flagship in 1853 – 1854 when he led the US Navy's Far East Squadron into Tokyo Bay to force the opening of Japan's ports to foreign trade.

Following the outbreak of war with Japan, Collins was appointed Commodore Commanding China Force, the RN-RAN cruiser and destroyer force based in Batavia, Dutch East Indies, under the American-British-Dutch-Australian Command.

The namebadge is also used on a variety of vehicles in the Holden Commodore family sold in the Middle East and South Africa.

There are two different Commodore 64 ports, one released by Data East in 1986 and another released by Elite in 1988.

In 1987, Epyx faced an important copyright infringement lawsuit from Data East USA regarding Epyx's Commodore 64 video game World Karate Championship.

* July 1853 ( Kaei 6 ): Commodore Matthew Perry, commanding the United States Navy's East Indies fleet, arrives in Japanese waters with four ships.

With the Civil War at an end, in July 1865 Commodore Bell was sent to the Far East to command the East India ( later Asiatic ) Squadron.

In 1835, he commanded the re-commissioned Peacock ( 1828 ) on her second diplomatic mission conveying diplomatist Edmund Roberts, accompanied by Lieutenant Commanding A. S. Campbell the U. S. Schooner Enterprise, both under the command of Commodore Edmund P. Kennedy, on the Commodore's way to establish the East India Squadron.

At Hong Kong on 29 January 1858, he relieved Commodore James Armstrong taking command of the East India Squadron, breaking his flag in San Jacinto.

During his two years in the Far East, Commodore Tattnall violated American neutrality while commanding the chartered steamer Toey-Wan, when he came to the assistance of a British and French squadron under fire from the Taku Forts at the mouth of the Pei Ho or Hai River.

He was commissioned as a lieutenant on September 6, 1837, and served on the sloop in the East India Squadron, taking part in Commodore George Reid's operations in defense of American merchantmen at Quallah Batto in 1839.

Just one year later, Commodore Matthew C. Perry led the American East India Squadron into Edo Bay and demanded the opening of Japan to trade.

Coincidentally, Commodore George C. Read in command of the East India Squadron aboard the flagship frigate USS Columbia, together with the frigate USS John Adams, were at the time in the process of circumnavigating the globe when the ships paused for the second Sumatran punitive expedition, which required no detour.

Octavia was the flagship of the East India Station commanded by Commodore Leopold Heath.

The South East corner of New Guinea around Port Moresby had only been annexed as a British protectorate the previous year ( 1884 ) by Commodore Erskine on behalf of Queen Victoria.