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<p> The great English admiral and "Sea King," born at Bridgewater; successful as a soldier under the Commonwealth, before he tried seamanship; took first to sea in pursuit of Prince Rupert and the royalist fleet, which he destroyed; beat the Dutch under Van Tromp de Ruyter and De Witt; sailed under the great guns of [[Tunis]] into the harbour, where he fired a fleet of Turkish pirates; and finally, his greatest feat, annihilated a Spanish fleet in Santa Cruz Bay under the shadow of the Peak of Teneriffe, "one of the fiercest actions ever fought on land or water" (1598-1657). </p> | Robert Blake <ref name="term_69098" /> | ||
==References == | <p> The great English admiral and "Sea King," born at Bridgewater; successful as a soldier under the Commonwealth, before he tried seamanship; took first to sea in pursuit of Prince Rupert and the royalist fleet, which he destroyed; beat the Dutch under [[Van]] Tromp de Ruyter and De Witt; sailed under the great guns of [[Tunis]] into the harbour, where he fired a fleet of Turkish pirates; and finally, his greatest feat, annihilated a Spanish fleet in Santa Cruz Bay under the shadow of the Peak of Teneriffe, "one of the fiercest actions ever fought on land or water" (1598-1657). </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_69098"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/blake,+robert Robert Blake from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_69098"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/blake,+robert Robert Blake from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:55, 15 October 2021
Robert Blake [1]
The great English admiral and "Sea King," born at Bridgewater; successful as a soldier under the Commonwealth, before he tried seamanship; took first to sea in pursuit of Prince Rupert and the royalist fleet, which he destroyed; beat the Dutch under Van Tromp de Ruyter and De Witt; sailed under the great guns of Tunis into the harbour, where he fired a fleet of Turkish pirates; and finally, his greatest feat, annihilated a Spanish fleet in Santa Cruz Bay under the shadow of the Peak of Teneriffe, "one of the fiercest actions ever fought on land or water" (1598-1657).
