Admiral of the blue : the struggle of the Royal Navy for naval supremacy in the age of sail and the life and times of one of its foremost admirals Sir John Thomas Duckworth K.B., governor and commander in chief of Newfoundland and its dependencies / James G. Lynch
Admiral of the blue : the struggle of the Royal Navy for naval supremacy in the age of sail and the life and times of one of its foremost admirals Sir John Thomas Duckworth K.B., governor and commander in chief of Newfoundland and its dependencies / James G. Lynch
By
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Lynch, James G.
Publication Date
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2023
Publication Information
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St. John's, N.L. : DRC Publishing,
Physical Description
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185 p. : ill.
Subject Term
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Admirals -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Governors -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Biography.
Geographic Term
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Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 18th century.
Great Britain -- History, Naval -- 19th century.
Bibliography Note
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-183)
Summary
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The foundations of the British Empire were laid with overseas possessions and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. At its height in the 19th and early 20th centuries, it was the largest empire in history. It was the Royal Navy’s Admirals who helped assert naval superiority globally. After the defeat of France in the Napoleonic Wars, Britain emerged as the principal naval and imperial power of the 19th century. John Thomas Duckworth, born in Leatherhead, Surrey, England, in 1748, joined the Royal Navy in 1759, as an 11-year-old midshipman aboard HMS Namur. He saw action during the Seven Years’ War, the American Revolutionary War, the French Revolutionary War, and the Napoleonic Wars. Duckworth fought almost all of Britain’s enemies on the seas at one time or another in a career that spanned nearly sixty years, ending his career as Governor of Newfoundland and its Dependencies. Duckworth died on August 31,1817, and was buried at the church in Topsham, Devon, England, where he was laid to rest in the family vault. Duckworth Street in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, is named in his honour.
Language
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English
ISBN
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9781988358697
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