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50 matches to Admiral Graf Spee
Admiral Graf Spee. -1939. German battleship def by British, scuttled at Montevideo.
Admiralty Arch. 1910 London memorial to Q Victoria.
Blake, Robert. 1599-1657. English Commonwealth admiral.
Cunningham, Andrew. 1883-1963. WWII admiral, British chief of naval staff 1943-6.
Darlan, François. 1881-1942. French admiral. Built navy 1933-40. Collaborated with Germany, 1941-2, then Americans. Assassinated.
Dewey, George. 1837-1917. US admiral in Spanish-American War.
Doenitz, Karl. 1891-1980. German admiral. Wolf pack U-boat strategy. Authorized German surrender, 1945.
Doria, Andrea. 1466-1560. Genoese admiral, statesman. Freed, ruled Genoa.
Drake, Francis. 1540-96. English pirate/explorer. Sailed around the world 1580. Vice Admiral at defeat of Spanish Armada, 1588. Privateers.
Farragut, David. 1801-70. Union Civil War admiral. -“Damn the torpedoes. Full speed ahead!”.
Gallipoli. 1915-16. Unsuccessful Allied attempt to secure Dardanelles from Turkey. Churchill resigns as Lord of Admiralty.
Hopper, Grace. 1906-92. US Admiral. Pioneer computer programmer 1944. “Debugged” Mark I by removing moth.
Jellicoe, John. 1859-1935. British WWI Admiral. Jutland.
Lysander. -395BC. Spartan admiral. Captured Athens 404BC. Ended Peloponnesian War.
Mountbatten, Louis, First earl. 1900-79. British admiral and statesman. Allied commander SE Asia. Last Viceroy of India. Killed by IRA terrorists.
Nagano, Osami. 1880-1947. Japanese admiral. Attacked Pearl Harbor.
Nelson, Horatio. 1758-1805. English Admiral, victor at Aboukir and Trafalgar, where he died.
Nimitz, Chester. 1885-1966. US Admiral of Pacific Fleet, WWII. Received Japanese surrender on Missouri.
Rickover, Hyman. 1900-86. US Admiral. “Father of nuclear submarine”.
Rodney, George. 1718-92. British admiral. Seven Years War. American Revolution.
Ruyter, Michiel. 1607-76. Dutch admiral defeated British in Anglo-Dutch wars.
Tromp, Marten. 1598-1653. Dutch admiral. Defeated Spain 1639 at Downs.
Villeneuve, Pierre. 1763-1806. French admiral defeated at Trafalgar.
Weather Forecasts. 1860. First regularly issued by British Admiralty Office.
Yamamoto Isoroku. 1884-1943. Japanese admiral. Led Pearl Harbor attack 1941.