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    Federico Carlos Gravina y Nápoli (born Federico Carlo Gravina Cruyllas; 12 August 1756 – 9 May 1806) was a Spanish Navy officer who served during the...
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    captive on parole in Britain. The senior Spanish fleet officer, Admiral Federico Gravina, escaped with the surviving third of the Franco-Spanish fleet; he died...
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    retorted "the thing descending here is braveness". This offended Admiral Federico Gravina and other Spanish officers, who did not oppose later the imprudent...
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    named the Gravina Islands group in 1792. George Vancouver applied the name to Gravina Island itself in 1793. The name honors Federico Carlos Gravina y Nápoli...
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  • mountain climber Federico Carlos Gravina y Nápoli, Spanish Admiral during the American Revolution and Napoleonic Wars Gabriele Gravina, Italian sports...
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  • group in 1792, in honor of Federico Carlos Gravina y Nápoli. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gravina Islands 55°10′N 131°35′W...
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    captive on parole in Britain. The senior Spanish fleet officer, Admiral Federico Gravina, escaped with the surviving third of the Franco-Spanish fleet; he died...
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    Legion. Also included were a Spanish fleet of seven ships under Admiral Federico Gravina as well as a great deal of financial and material aid coming from Spanish...
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  • The counts of Gravina, later the dukes of Gravina, were medieval rulers of Gravina in Puglia, in the old Kingdom of Sicily and the Kingdom of Naples. The...
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    Anglo-Spanish defenders were commanded by admirals Juan de Lángara, Federico Gravina, Samuel Hood and General Charles O'Hara. The Allies abandoned the port...
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    Teniente General Federico Gravina, with Antonio de Escaño as his deputy and Brigadier Rafael Hore as the ship's captain. During the battle Gravina found himself...
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    Atlantic crossings had been very difficult, according to Spanish Admiral Gravina, who had crossed the Atlantic eleven times. So, with some ships in bad...
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    Indies, followed by six Spanish ships of the line and a frigate under Federico Gravina. Nelson meanwhile had been alerted of the French departure, but having...
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  • Federico Accornero (born 5 February 2004) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Serie A club Genoa. Born and raised...
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    Anti-French feelings grew in the Spanish commander Don Federico Gravina after the capture of Diamond Rock. Gravina wanted to invade the island of Trinidad, under...
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    Commanders and leaders Charles IV Manuel Godoy Santiago de Liniers Federico Gravina José de Córdoba Jose de Mazarredo Napoleon Bonaparte Paul Barras Pierre...
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    Lángara Rosario 700 19 10 Francisco Muñoz San Cristóbal 650 18 10 Federico Gravina Paula Segunda 340 9 4 Pablo de Cózar Santa Ana 300 7 4 José Goicoechea...
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    The House of Gravina, then Gravina Cruyllas, was a noble family of Norman origins, with roots stretching back to Rollo, the first ruler of Normandy. The...
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  • Island, Campania Sound, Aristazabal Island, Gil Island and Gravina Island after Federico Gravina). George Vancouver adopted these names for his chart. Having...
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    Federico Gravina, one of the Spanish heroes of the Battle of Trafalgar...
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    Ussía, 6th Count of Floridablanca and a descendant of the 2nd duke. Federico Gravina, the Spanish admiral during the Battle of Trafalgar, was a son of the...
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    sailing from Cádiz in April 1805 as part of the Spanish squadron led by Federico Gravina, headed for Martinique where, at the Battle of Diamond Rock, a large...
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    The University of Naples Federico II (Italian: Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II; Italian pronunciation: [fedeˈriːko seˈkondo], locally IPA:...
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    line, among them the ships carrying the flags of admirals Mazarredo and Gravina, warped out of the range of the shells with much precipitation on the following...
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    74-gun Aigle, and six Spanish ships of the line under Vice-Admiral Federico Gravina. When the fleet reached the West Indies, Villeneuve sent Commodore...
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    having previously given up the command of the Squadron at Brest to Don Federico Gravina in 1801. His frank bearing and firmness of character were little agreeable...
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  • repair his ships and influenced by the Spanish commander, Admiral Federico Gravina, who had secret orders not to allow his ships to go to Brest, Villaneuve...
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    experience, and as the second in command of the Spanish ships under Federico Gravina, Escaño was appointed to speak for the Spanish captains at a meeting...
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  • sailed from Cádiz in April 1805 as part of the Spanish squadron led by Federico Gravina, headed for Martinique where, at the Battle of Diamond Rock, a large...
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    Captain José Herrera-Dávila and the 24-gun San Luis under Lieutenant Federico Gravina, manned by more than two hundred men. That night, Faulknor saw the...
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