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1708, Mar 261723-17831792
a French admiral. In 1777, France began assisting the American colonies in their fight for independence from Great Britain. D'Orvilliers was appointed Lieutenant-General of the Navy and prepared to engage the Royal Navy in the Atlantic. His greatest success came in July 1778 during the First Battle of Ushant, when his fleet managed to fend off an attack from a similarly-sized English fleet led by Admiral Augustus Keppel.
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09/03/1779-Admiral Louis Guillouet, comte d'Orvilliers, sails the French/Spanish Armada back to Brest
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Louis Guillouet1708, Mar 261723
 
17831792

Conajee Angria1669, Aug1698
 
17291729, Jul 4
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Vitus Bering1681, Aug1699
 
17411741, Dec 19
 a Danish born explorer in Russian service, and an officer in the Russian Navy. He is known for hi...
John Atkins16851703
 
17421757
 a British Royal naval surgeon. Atkins published two books, both of which have had more than one e...
Edward Vernon1684, Nov 121700
 
17461757, Oct 30
 a British naval officer. He had a long and distinguished career, rising to the rank of admiral af...
Edward Peytonunknown1707
 
17461749, Apr 4
 an officer of the Royal Navy. He served during the War of the Austrian Succession and took part i...
John Morgan [2]unknown1748
 
 
17481749, Jul 14
 Part of the Crew of His Majesty's Ship Chesterfield, second lieutenant of marines, shot at...
George Clinton [1]1686 ca1720
 
17611761, Jul 10
 a Royal Navy officer and politician. Benefiting from the patronage of Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st D...
James Cook1728, Nov 71755
 
 
17791779, Feb 14
 a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy. Cook made detailed ma...
Augustus Keppel1725, Apr 251735
 
17831786, Oct 2
 an officer of the Royal Navy during the Seven Years' War and the War of American Independence. Du...
Thomas Truxtun1755, Feb 171775
 
17831822, May 5
 an American naval officer after the Revolutionary War, when he served as a privateer, who rose to...
John Paul Jones1747, Jul 61770
 
17891792, Jul 18
 a Scottish American sailor and the United States' first well-known naval fighter in the American ...
George Vancouver1757, Jun 221772
 
17951798, May 10
 an English officer of the Royal Navy, who explored and charted North America's northwestern Pacif...
Ashley Bowen1728, Jan 81741
 
17991813
 the first American sailor to write an autobiography. Although Bowen's career as a sailor was not ...
Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra1744, May 221770
 
17991794, Mar 26
 a Spanish naval officer born in Lima, Peru. Assigned to the Pacific coast Spanish Naval Departmen...
Nicolas Baudin1754, Feb 171769
 
18031803, Sep 16
 a French explorer, cartographer, naturalist and hydrographer. At the age of 15 he joined the merc...
Horatio Nelson1758, Sep 291771
 
18051805, Oct 21
 a British flag officer in the Royal Navy. He was noted for his inspirational leadership, superb g...
Stephen Decatur Sr.1751, Jun1770
 
18091808, Nov 11
 an American naval captain in the Revolutionary War and later in the Quasi-War. He was the father ...
Francisco de Eliza17591773
 
18091825, Feb 19
 a Spanish naval officer, navigator, and explorer. He is remembered mainly for his work in the Pac...
Louis Antoine de Bougainville1729, Nov 121753
 
18111811, Aug 31
 a French admiral and explorer. A contemporary of the British explorer James Cook, he took part in...
Albemarle Bertie1755, Jan 201760
 
18121824, Feb 24
 a long-serving and at the time controversial officer of the British Royal Navy who saw extensive ...
William Bligh1754, Sep 91761
 
18141817, Dec 7
 an officer of the British Royal Navy and a colonial administrator. He is best remembered for the ...
Sir John Duckworth1748, Feb 91759
 
18171817, Aug 31
 an officer of the Royal Navy, serving during the Seven Years' War, the American War of Independen...
Jose de Bustamante y Guerra1759, Apr 11770
 
18171825, Mar 10
  a Spanish naval officer, explorer, and politician. With Alessandro Malaspina, they proposed to t...
Joshua Barneyunknown1759
 
1818unknown
 an American Navy officer who served in the Continental Navy during the Revolutionary War. He late...
Alexander Murray1755, Jul 121773
 
18211821, Oct 6
 an officer who served in the Continental Navy, the Continental Army, and later the United States ...
Manuel Quimper17571770
 
18291844, Apr
 a Spanish Peruvian explorer, cartographer, naval officer, and colonial official. He participated ...
Jose Maria Narvaez17681780
 
18311840, Aug 4
 a Spanish naval officer, explorer, and navigator notable for his work in the Gulf Islands and Low...
Cayetano Valdes y Flores17671782
 
18331835
 a commander of the Spanish Navy, explorer, and captain general who served in the French Revolutio...
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