Rear-Admiral John Blankett, (c. 1740 – 14 July 1801) was a Royal Navy officer of the late eighteenth century who served in three major wars, but was best...
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at the Battle of the Saintes. November 1782: HMS Thetis, 38, Captain John Blankett; Gibraltar and Mediterranean 1783: HMS Europa, 50, Captain James Vashon...
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and Amsterdam islands in the Southern Ocean.[citation needed] Captain John Blankett, R.N., also suggested independently to his superiors in August 1786...
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commissioned for service in June that year under her first commander, Captain John Blankett. The China fleet of East Indiamen left Macao on 21 March 1791. Leopard...
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under Vice-Admiral Sir George Elphinstone and the other under Commodore John Blankett, carrying a small expeditionary force of 515 soldiers from the 78th...
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towards Cairo. The British fifty gun ship HMS Leopard under Commodore John Blankett anchored in the road of Suez on 21 April along with three frigates and...
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presence at the Cape Colony under Sir James Henry Craig and Commodore John Blankett. Much of his squadron subsequently dispersed on operations across the...
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foundered in the Indian Ocean. Bissell wrote a biography of Commodore John Blankett's voyages in the Middle East and India. The book was published in 1806...
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Vice-Admiral Sir George Keith Elphinstone and the other under Commodore John Blankett, carrying a small expeditionary force of 515 soldiers from the 78th...
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got a great many of his papers and regrets that he did not get more.“ John Blankett, later Admiral, shared Knowles' views on ties with Russia having compiled...
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Merchantman For John Blankett. 16 November United Kingdom Thomas Walton Hull Oracabessa West Indiaman For Mr. Moxon. 23 November United Kingdom John King Frindsbury...
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Captain Henry Edwyn Stanhope, sailed with the first squadron (under Capt John Blankett) to take part in the 1st British Occupation of the Cape, leaving England...
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Regiment to serve as marines. She served under the command of Rear Admiral John Blankett, who sent her and Fox to the Red Sea to cut the French in Egypt off...
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British squadron, operating from Jeddah under the command of Rear-Admiral John Blankett assumed control of the region. Bonaparte returned to France the following...
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broken up in 1807. Lord Longford 1777 to 1779 James Macnamara 1790 John Blankett 1794 to 1796 Edward Buller 1796/7 Joseph Bingham 1800 Lavery 2003, p...
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History United Kingdom Name Phoenix Namesake Phoenix Owner John Blankett Builder Robert Davy, Topsham, Devon Launched 12 November 1810 Fate Wrecked 19...
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Denne, and served in the English Channel. She came under Commander John Blankett in January 1779 and sailed for the East Indies on 8 March that year...
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the Dutch will become a sword in the hands of France." — Commodore John Blankett in reference to the Dutch Cape Colony, Rainier decided not to renew...
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following Commodore John Blankett's expedition to the Red Sea to block the French from using it to threaten India. In February 1800 Blankett returned to the...
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before 1927. The movie was given 3 out of 5 stars in Creature Feature by John Stanley. He praised the twist ending and the movie's handling of the time...
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The miniseries is based upon the 1976 novel The Junior Bachelor Society by John A. Williams. Although production of the project ended in 1979, NBC did not...
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trunk marked I B A 1675 with all in it the feather bed bolster pillows blankett that belong to my Chamber the bed and bolster in her own Chamber and a...
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extending to modern Kerhonkson. In exchange, the natives received "forty Blanketts, Twenty Pounds of Powder, Twenty Knives, Six Kettles, [and] Twelve Barrs...
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haritten furniture a feather bed bolster 2 pillows a White Mattress three blanketts & a Quilt 3 pr of Red Window Curtains & Rods a Stove Tongs & Poker. 6...
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16: P.S. You will Do well to try to Innoculate the Indians by means of Blanketts, as well as to try Every other method that can serve to Extirpate this...
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wife at Codrington, near Dyrham: "Item I geve my second best bed with blanketts coverled, bolster thereunto belonginge being nowe in Codrington unto my...
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remarried to Anne, daughter of Robert Frere, of the family of the manor of Blanketts, Claines, Worcestershire: they had two further children. Thomas Chester...
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