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Naval born active died
1758, Sep 29 1771-1805 1805, Oct 21
a British flag officer in the Royal Navy. He was noted for his inspirational leadership, superb grasp of strategy, and unconventional tactics, which together resulted in a number of decisive naval victories, particularly during the Napoleonic Wars. He was wounded several times in combat, losing the sight in one eye in Corsica and most of one arm in the unsuccessful attempt to conquer Santa Cruz de Tenerife. He was shot and killed during his final victory at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
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Horatio Nelson 1758, Sep 29 1771
1805 1805, Oct 21
James Cook 1728, Nov 7 1755 1779 1779, Feb 14 a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy. Cook made detailed ma... Louis Guillouet 1708, Mar 26 1723 1783 1792 a French admiral. In 1777, France began assisting the American colonies in their fight for indepe... Augustus Keppel 1725, Apr 25 1735 1783 1786, Oct 2 an officer of the Royal Navy during the Seven Years' War and the War of American Independence. Du... Thomas Truxtun 1755, Feb 17 1775 1783 1822, May 5 an American naval officer after the Revolutionary War, when he served as a privateer, who rose to... John Paul Jones 1747, Jul 6 1770 1789 1792, Jul 18 a Scottish American sailor and the United States' first well-known naval fighter in the American ... George Vancouver 1757, Jun 22 1772 1795 1798, May 10 an English officer of the Royal Navy, who explored and charted North America's northwestern Pacif... Ashley Bowen 1728, Jan 8 1741 1799 1813 the first American sailor to write an autobiography. Although Bowen's career as a sailor was not ... Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra 1744, May 22 1770 1799 1794, Mar 26 a Spanish naval officer born in Lima, Peru. Assigned to the Pacific coast Spanish Naval Departmen... George Balfour unknown 1790 1799 unknown naval surgeon in the U.S. navy Nicolas Baudin 1754, Feb 17 1769 1803 1803, Sep 16 a French explorer, cartographer, naturalist and hydrographer. At the age of 15 he joined the merc... Juan Carrasco unknown 1784 1803 unknown a Spanish naval officer, explorer, and navigator. He is remembered mainly for his work in the Pac... George Bass 1771, Jan 30 1789 1803 unknown a British naval surgeon and explorer of Australia. At the age of 18 he was accepted in London as ... Adam Johann von Krusenstern 1770, Nov 19 1793 1806 1846, Aug 24 a Baltic German admiral and explorer, who led the first Russian circumnavigation of the globe. Af... Stephen Decatur Sr. 1751, Jun 1770 1809 1808, Nov 11 an American naval captain in the Revolutionary War and later in the Quasi-War. He was the father ... Francisco de Eliza 1759 1773 1809 1825, Feb 19 a Spanish naval officer, navigator, and explorer. He is remembered mainly for his work in the Pac... Louis Antoine de Bougainville 1729, Nov 12 1753 1811 1811, Aug 31 a French admiral and explorer. A contemporary of the British explorer James Cook, he took part in... Albemarle Bertie 1755, Jan 20 1760 1812 1824, Feb 24 a long-serving and at the time controversial officer of the British Royal Navy who saw extensive ... William Bligh 1754, Sep 9 1761 1814 1817, Dec 7 an officer of the British Royal Navy and a colonial administrator. He is best remembered for the ... Joachim Murat 1767, Mar 25 1790 1815 1815, Oct 13 a Marshal of France and Admiral of France under the reign of Napoleon. He was also the 1st Prince... Sir John Duckworth 1748, Feb 9 1759 1817 1817, Aug 31 an officer of the Royal Navy, serving during the Seven Years' War, the American War of Independen... Jose de Bustamante y Guerra 1759, Apr 1 1770 1817 1825, Mar 10 a Spanish naval officer, explorer, and politician. With Alessandro Malaspina, they proposed to t... Joshua Barney unknown 1759 1818 unknown an American Navy officer who served in the Continental Navy during the Revolutionary War. He late... Stephen Decatur Jr. 1779, Jan 5 1790 1819 1820, Mar 22 a United States naval officer and commodore notable for his naval victories in the early 19th cen... Alexander Murray 1755, Jul 12 1773 1821 1821, Oct 6 an officer who served in the Continental Navy, the Continental Army, and later the United States ... Manuel Quimper 1757 1770 1829 1844, Apr a Spanish Peruvian explorer, cartographer, naval officer, and colonial official. He participated ... Jose Maria Narvaez 1768 1780 1831 1840, Aug 4 a Spanish naval officer, explorer, and navigator notable for his work in the Gulf Islands and Low... Cayetano Valdes y Flores 1767 1782 1833 1835 a commander of the Spanish Navy, explorer, and captain general who served in the French Revolutio... Edward Boys 1749 1796 1851 1866 an English sea captain. In 1803, Boys, when in charge of a prize, was made prisoner by the French... James Barron 1768, Sep 15 1798 1851 1851, Apr 21 an officer in the United States Navy. He served in the Quasi-War and the Barbary Wars, during whi... Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen 1778, Sep 9 1796 1852 1852, Jan 13 a Baltic-German officer in the Imperial Russian Navy, cartographer and explorer, ultimately rose ...
