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Richard Kirkby (father) Richard Kirkby (c. 1658 – 16 April 1703) was an officer of the Royal Navy during the eighteenth century. He rose to the rank of captain but was later tried at a court-martial for his conduct during the action of August 1702, and being convicted of cowardice and disobedience was executed by firing squad.
Peter G Hore FRHistS (born 1944) naval officer, historian and obituarist, served a full career in the Royal Navy (1962-2000), spent ten years working in the cinema and television industry (2000-2009) and is a successful biographer and obituarist. One of his books, Habit of Victory, was the Daily Telegraph reader's choice and another book ...
Theophilus Jones (September 1760 – 8 November 1835) was an Irish officer in the British Royal Navy. As a captain, he commanded a series of warships during the French Revolutionary Wars, and experienced two mutinies during his command of HMS Defiance in the late 1790s. He was promoted to the ranks of rear admiral in 1802, vice admiral in 1809 ...
He entered the Royal Navy in 1742, and was examined for his lieutenancy on 14 May 1747, after having been promoted to the rank of fourth lieutenant of HMS Vigilante on 30 March 1746. After serving as lieutenant on several ships, Mark Robinson was promoted to captain of the 70-gun third rate HMS Vanguard on 13 August 1760.
John Montagu. James Montagu. Edward Montagu. Admiral Sir George Montagu (12 December 1750 – 24 December 1829) was a Royal Navy officer, the second son of Admiral John Montagu, and the brother of Captain James Montagu and Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Montagu .
Le grade de captain (Capt) est un grade d'officier supérieur de la Royal Navy, la marine militaire britannique. Il se classe au-dessus du commander et en dessous du commodore, il est noté OF-5 dans les codes OTAN. Il équivaut à un grade de colonel dans la British Army et dans les Royal Marines et à celui de group captain dans la Royal Air Force. L'insigne de captain est composé de quatre ...
Christopher Billopp or Billop ( c. 1650 – 1725 [1]) was an English officer of the Royal Navy in the seventeenth century who commanded various ships of the line, including HMS Greenwich in the Battle of Bantry Bay. He is noted as part of the " Staten Island Legend", a likely apocryphal story that describes Billopp's circumnavigation of Staten ...
