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<p> A gallant seaman of [[Queen]] Elizabeth's time; already a knight, commanded the first expedition sent by Raleigh to colonise Virginia; took part in the defeat of the Armada, and in 1591, while commanding the <i> [[Revenge]] </i> in Lord Howard's squadron, engaged single-handed the entire Spanish fleet off the Azores; after a desperate fight of about 18 hours, during which time four of the Spanish vessels were sunk, and upwards of 2000 of their men slain or drowned, he surrendered, was carried wounded on board a Spanish ship, in which he died; the fight is celebrated in Tennyson's noble ballad "The Revenge." </p> | <p> A gallant seaman of [[Queen]] Elizabeth's time; already a knight, commanded the first expedition sent by Raleigh to colonise Virginia; took part in the defeat of the Armada, and in 1591, while commanding the <i> [[Revenge]] </i> in Lord Howard's squadron, engaged single-handed the entire Spanish fleet off the Azores; after a desperate fight of about 18 hours, during which time four of the Spanish vessels were sunk, and upwards of 2000 of their men slain or drowned, he surrendered, was carried wounded on board a Spanish ship, in which he died; the fight is celebrated in Tennyson's noble ballad "The Revenge." </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_74057"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/grenville,+sir+richard Sir Richard Grenville from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_74057"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/grenville,+sir+richard Sir Richard Grenville from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:26, 15 October 2021
Sir Richard Grenville [1]
A gallant seaman of Queen Elizabeth's time; already a knight, commanded the first expedition sent by Raleigh to colonise Virginia; took part in the defeat of the Armada, and in 1591, while commanding the Revenge in Lord Howard's squadron, engaged single-handed the entire Spanish fleet off the Azores; after a desperate fight of about 18 hours, during which time four of the Spanish vessels were sunk, and upwards of 2000 of their men slain or drowned, he surrendered, was carried wounded on board a Spanish ship, in which he died; the fight is celebrated in Tennyson's noble ballad "The Revenge."
