Admiral Sir Edward Thornbrough, GCB (27 July 1754 – 3 April 1834) was a senior, long-serving veteran officer of the British Royal Navy during the late...
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States People Edward Thornbrough (1754-1834), British admiral Emma Lou Thornbrough (1913–1994), American historian Ships HMS Thornbrough, alternative spelling...
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Admiral Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, GCB (19 April 1757 – 23 January 1833) was a British naval officer. He fought during the American War of Independence...
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Clifden, and individuals including Edward Hussey-Montagu, 1st Earl Beaulieu, Thomas McClure, and Admiral Edward Thornbrough. It is also used by the German...
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(1806), William O'Bryen Drury (1805), James Whitshed (1807–1810), Edward Thornbrough (1810–1813), Herbert Sawyer (1813–1815). Winfield (2008), pp. 193–196...
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support; the frigate HMS Latona under Captain Edward Thornbrough arrived to provide assistance. Thornbrough brought his small ship between the ships of...
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November 1821 – 15 February 1832 Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth 15 February 1832 – 23 January 1833 Sir Edward Thornbrough 30 January 1833 – 3 April 1834...
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men was completed and her bounty paid she sailed to join Admiral Edward Thornbrough's squadron off Goree. On 19 May 1803 Jalouse captured Jong Jan Pieter...
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Matthew Flinders, Francis Laforey, John Nicholson Inglefield and Edward Thornbrough. Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 181. Lavery, Brian (2003) The...
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Robust to steer for the French line and attack Hoche directly. Captain Edward Thornbrough of Robust obeyed immediately and closed with the French, firing into...
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US Navy 15 February 1946, sold for scrap Thornborough K574 DE-565 Edward Thornbrough 22 September 1943 13 November 1943 31 December 1943 Returned to US...
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Gambier, Admiral Lord Gardner, Admiral Sir James Saumarez, Admiral Edward Thornbrough, and Admiral Sir Robert Calder. In the Ville de Paris he saw "action...
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Lord Gardner Commander-in-Chief, Cork Station 1807–1810 Succeeded by Edward Thornbrough Preceded by Sir George Campbell Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth 1821–1824...
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Military offices Preceded by Edward Thornbrough Commander-in-Chief, The Downs 1803–1804 Succeeded by John Holloway...
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military preparations. In December, Latona was recommissioned under Edward Thornbrough and following a £12,644.0.0d refit, began service in The Channel in...
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Casualties Notes Killed Wounded Total HMS Robust Third rate 74 Captain Edward Thornbrough 11 38 49 Badly damaged. HMS Magnanime Fifth rate 44 Captain Michael...
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command of Captain David Colby she became the flagship for Rear-Admiral Edward Thornbrough in the North Sea. On 27 August 1803, while under the command of Captain...
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for North Sea. On 10 January 1804, pursuant to orders from Admiral Edward Thornbrough, Wooldridge took Scourge off Vlie, where he encountered a Prussian...
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britanniasdragon.com.[permanent dead link] Laughton, John Knox (1891). "Hughes, Edward" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 28. London:...
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captain of Marines aboard HMS Robust, which was commanded by Captain Edward Thornbrough of the Royal Navy, Williams vainly sought permission to intervene...
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American Station 1810–1813 Succeeded by Sir John Warren Preceded by Edward Thornbrough Commander-in-Chief, Cork Station 1813–1815 Succeeded by Benjamin Hallowell...
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Nore 1797–1798 Succeeded by Sir Thomas Pasley Preceded by John Bazely (Acting) Commander-in-Chief, The Downs 1799–1802 Succeeded by Edward Thornbrough...
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while sailing off the Isle of Wight that Colpoys learned from Captain Edward Thornbrough of Robust that Hannibal had succeeded in catching the French frigate...
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HMS Thornborough (redirect from HMS Thornbrough)
HMS Thornborough (K574), sometimes spelled Thornbrough, was a British Captain-class frigate of the Royal Navy in commission during World War II. Originally...
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served in the flagship of Vice-Admiral James Gambier and Rear-Admiral Edward Thornbrough, HMS Isis, on the Newfoundland and North Sea stations. Shortly after...
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Aved-Magnac, Pieces Justificatives, p. 32, Retrieved 28 April 2012 Brenton, Edward Pelham (1837) [1825]. The Naval History of Great Britain, Vol. I. London:...
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and then the Mediterranean, part of a squadron under Vice Admiral Edward Thornbrough, operating in the Tyrrhenian Sea and later blockading the port of...
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British knew the location of Allemand's squadron; on 25 April Admiral Edward Thornbrough, sent the British frigate Pallas close to the Île-d'Aix to count the...
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1796–1797* Vice-Admiral Skeffington Lutwidge, 1799–1802 Rear-Admiral Edward Thornbrough, 1803 Vice-Admiral Philip Patton, 1803–1804 Vice-Admiral John Holloway...
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Dutch fleet at Texel. Manby returned on 7 October with Rear Admiral Edward Thornbrough. While she was serving in the blockade off Texel, a gale caused part...
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