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Robert Blake (27 September 1598 – 7 August 1657) was an English naval officer who served as general at sea and the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports from 1656 to 1657.[1]

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  1. 138 relations: Action of 14 April 1655, Admiral, Alexander Popham, Andrew Ball (Royal Navy officer), Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660), Articles of War, Barebone's Parliament, Battle of Cádiz (1656), Battle of Dover, Battle of Dover (1652), Battle of Dungeness, Battle of Leghorn, Battle of Portland, Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (1657), Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (1797), Battle of Scheveningen, Battle of the Gabbard, Battle of the Kentish Knock, Bishops Lydeard, Blake Museum, Board of Admiralty, Bridgwater, Bridgwater (UK Parliament constituency), British America, British ensign, Bryher, Captain (armed forces), Cavalier, Cádiz, Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, Charles I of England, Charles II of England, Colonel, Command of the sea, David Hannay (historian), Deptford Town Hall, Deys of Tunis, Dover, Dunster, Dutch ship Brederode (1644), Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, Edward Popham, English Channel, English Civil War, English Council of State, English ship Triumph (1562), Execution of Charles I, Ferdinando II de' Medici, First Anglo-Dutch War, First Protectorate Parliament, ... Expand index (88 more) »

  2. People from Bridgwater
  3. Royal Navy personnel of the Anglo-Dutch Wars

Action of 14 April 1655

The Battle of Porto Farina took place at Porto Farina (now Ghar el-Melh) on 4 April 1655 (14 April by modern calendar) in northern Tunisia, when an English fleet under General-at-Sea Robert Blake destroyed the vessels of several Barbary corsairs.

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Admiral

Admiral is one of the highest ranks in some navies.

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Alexander Popham

Alexander Popham (1605 – 1669) of Littlecote, Wiltshire, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1669. Robert Blake (admiral) and Alexander Popham are English MPs 1640 (April) and English MPs 1654–1655.

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Andrew Ball (Royal Navy officer)

Andrew Ball (died 1653) was an English officer of the Royal and Commonwealth Navy. Robert Blake (admiral) and Andrew Ball (Royal Navy officer) are 17th-century Royal Navy personnel.

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Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660)

The Anglo-Spanish War was a conflict between the English Protectorate under Oliver Cromwell, and Spain, between 1654 and 1660.

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Articles of War

The Articles of War are a set of regulations drawn up to govern the conduct of a country's military and naval forces.

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Barebone's Parliament

Barebone's Parliament, also known as the Little Parliament, the Nominated Assembly and the Parliament of Saints, came into being on 4 July 1653, and was the last attempt of the English Commonwealth to find a stable political form before the installation of Oliver Cromwell as Lord Protector.

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Battle of Cádiz (1656)

The Battle of Cádiz (1656) was an operation in the Anglo–Spanish War (1654–1660) in which an English fleet destroyed or captured the ships of a Spanish treasure fleet off Cádiz.

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Battle of Dover

The Battle of Dover may refer to.

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Battle of Dover (1652)

The naval Battle of Dover, fought on 19 May 1652 (29 May 1652 Gregorian calendar), was the first engagement of the First Anglo-Dutch War between the navies of the Commonwealth of England and the United Provinces of the Netherlands.

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Battle of Dungeness

The naval Battle of Dungeness took place on 30 November 1652 (10 December in the Gregorian calendar) during the First Anglo-Dutch War near the cape of Dungeness in Kent.

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Battle of Leghorn

The naval Battle of Leghorn took place on 4 March 1653 (14 March Gregorian calendar), during the First Anglo-Dutch War, near Leghorn (Livorno), Italy.

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Battle of Portland

The naval Battle of Portland, or Three Days' Battle, took place during 18–20 February 1653 (28 February – 2 March 1653 (Gregorian calendar)), during the First Anglo-Dutch War, when the fleet of the Commonwealth of England under General at Sea Robert Blake was attacked by a fleet of the Dutch Republic under Lieutenant-Admiral Maarten Tromp escorting merchant shipping through the English Channel.

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Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (1657)

The Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife was a military operation in the Anglo-Spanish War (1654–60) which took place on 20 April 1657.

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Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (1797)

The Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife was an amphibious assault by the Royal Navy on the Spanish port city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands.

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Battle of Scheveningen

The Battle of Scheveningen was the final naval battle of the First Anglo-Dutch War.

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Battle of the Gabbard

The Battle of the Gabbard, was a naval battle fought from 2 to 3 June 1653 during the First Anglo-Dutch War.

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Battle of the Kentish Knock

The Battle of the Kentish Knock (or the Battle of the Zealand Approaches) was a naval battle between the fleets of the Dutch Republic and England, fought on 28 September 1652 (8 October Gregorian calendar), during the First Anglo-Dutch War near the shoal called the Kentish Knock in the North Sea about thirty kilometres east of the mouth of the river Thames.

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Bishops Lydeard

Bishops Lydeard is a village and civil parish located in Somerset, England, north-west of Taunton.

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Blake Museum

The Blake Museum is in Bridgwater, Somerset, England at what is believed to be the birthplace of Robert Blake, General at Sea (1598–1657).

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Board of Admiralty

The Board of Admiralty (1628–1964) was established in 1628 when Charles I put the office of Lord High Admiral into commission.

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Bridgwater

Bridgwater is a historic market town and civil parish in Somerset, England.

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Bridgwater (UK Parliament constituency)

Bridgwater is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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British America

British America comprised the colonial territories of the English Empire, and the successor British Empire, in the Americas from 1607 to 1783.

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British ensign

In British maritime law and custom, an ensign is the identifying flag flown to designate a British ship, either military or civilian.

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Bryher

Bryher (place of hills) is one of the smallest inhabited islands of the Isles of Scilly, with a population of 84 in 2011, spread across.

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Captain (armed forces)

The army rank of captain (from the French capitaine) is a commissioned officer rank historically corresponding to the command of a company of soldiers.

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Cavalier

The term "Cavalier" was first used by Roundheads as a term of abuse for the wealthier royalist supporters of Charles I of England and his son Charles II during the English Civil War, the Interregnum, and the Restoration (1642 –). It was later adopted by the Royalists themselves.

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Cádiz

Cádiz is a city in Spain and the capital of the Province of Cádiz, in the autonomous community of Andalusia.

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Chambers's Edinburgh Journal

Chambers's Edinburgh Journal was a weekly 16-page magazine started by William Chambers in 1832.

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Charles I of England

Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649.

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Charles II of England

Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was King of Scotland from 1649 until 1651 and King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from the 1660 Restoration of the monarchy until his death in 1685. Robert Blake (admiral) and Charles II of England are Burials at Westminster Abbey.

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Colonel

Colonel (abbreviated as Col., Col, or COL) is a senior military officer rank used in many countries.

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Command of the sea

Command of the sea (also called control of the sea or sea control) is a naval military concept regarding the strength of a particular navy to a specific naval area it controls.

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David Hannay (historian)

David McDowall Hannay (25 December 185329 May 1934) was an English naval historian.

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Deptford Town Hall

Deptford Town Hall is a municipal building in New Cross Road, Deptford, London.

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Deys of Tunis

The Dey of Tunis (داي تونس) was the military commander of the janissaries in the regency of Tunis.

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Dover

Dover is a town and major ferry port in Kent, South East England.

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Dunster

Dunster is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, within the north-eastern boundary of Exmoor National Park.

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Dutch ship Brederode (1644)

Brederode was a ship of the line of the Maas Admiralty, part of the navy of the United Provinces of the Netherlands, and the flagship of the Dutch fleet in the First Anglo-Dutch War.

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Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon

Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon (18 February 16099 December 1674), was an English statesman, lawyer, diplomat and historian who served as chief advisor to Charles I during the First English Civil War, and Lord Chancellor to Charles II from 1660 to 1667. Robert Blake (admiral) and Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon are Burials at Westminster Abbey and English MPs 1640 (April).

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Edward Popham

Edward Popham (1610–1651) was a general at sea during the English Civil War.

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English Channel

The English Channel, also known as the Channel, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Southern England from northern France.

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English Civil War

The English Civil War refers to a series of civil wars and political machinations between Royalists and Parliamentarians in the Kingdom of England from 1642 to 1651.

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English Council of State

The English Council of State, later also known as the Protector's Privy Council, was first appointed by the Rump Parliament on 14 February 1649 after the execution of King Charles I. Charles's execution on 30 January was delayed for several hours so that the House of Commons could pass an emergency bill to declare the representatives of the people, the House of Commons, as the source of all just power and to make it an offence to proclaim a new King.

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English ship Triumph (1562)

Triumph of 1562 was the first vessel of record to hold the name.

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Execution of Charles I

Charles I, the king of England, Scotland, and Ireland, was executed on Tuesday, 30 January 1649 outside the Banqueting House on Whitehall, London.

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Ferdinando II de' Medici

Ferdinando II de' Medici (14 July 1610 – 23 May 1670) was grand duke of Tuscany from 1621 to 1670.

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First Anglo-Dutch War

The First Anglo-Dutch War, or First Dutch War, was a naval conflict between the Commonwealth of England and the Dutch Republic.

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First Protectorate Parliament

The First Protectorate Parliament was summoned by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell under the terms of the Instrument of Government.

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Flagship

A flagship is a vessel used by the commanding officer of a group of naval ships, characteristically a flag officer entitled by custom to fly a distinguishing flag.

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General at sea

The rank of general at sea (occasionally referred to as "general of the fleet"), was the highest position of command in the English Parliamentary Navy (later the Navy of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland), and approximates to the current rank of admiral.

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George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle

George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle KG PC JP (6 December 1608 – 3 January 1670) was an English soldier, who fought on both sides during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. Robert Blake (admiral) and George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle are Burials at Westminster Abbey, English MPs 1653 (Barebones), English admirals, English generals, Lords of the Admiralty, Parliamentarian military personnel of the English Civil War and royal Navy personnel of the Anglo-Dutch Wars.

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Ghar el-Melh

Ghar el-Melh (غارالملح, Ghar al-Milh, "Salt Grotto"), the classical Rusucmona and CastraDelia and colonial is a town and former port on the southern side of Cape Farina in Bizerte Governorate, Tunisia.

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Glossary of nautical terms (A–L)

This glossary of nautical terms is an alphabetical listing of terms and expressions connected with ships, shipping, seamanship and navigation on water (mostly though not necessarily on the sea).

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Greenwich

Greenwich is a town in south-east London, England, within the ceremonial county of Greater London.

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Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Winchilsea

Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Winchilsea (– 28 September 1689) was an English peer and diplomat who served as the English ambassador to the Ottoman Empire from 1660 to 1669. Robert Blake (admiral) and Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Winchilsea are Lords Warden of the Cinque Ports.

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Henri II, Duke of Guise

Henri II de Lorraine, 5th Duke of Guise, (4 April 1614, in Paris – 2 June 1664) was a French aristocrat and archbishop, the second son of Charles, Duke of Guise and Henriette Catherine de Joyeuse.

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Henry Perronet Briggs

Henry Perronet Briggs RA (1793 – 18 January 1844) was an English painter of portraits and historical scenes.

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Henry Savile (Bible translator)

Sir Henry Savile (30 November 154919 February 1622) was an English scholar and mathematician, Warden of Merton College, Oxford, and Provost of Eton.

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Henry VII of England

Henry VII (28 January 1457 – 21 April 1509) was King of England and Lord of Ireland from his seizure of the crown on 22 August 1485 until his death in 1509. Robert Blake (admiral) and Henry VII of England are Burials at Westminster Abbey.

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Henry VIII

Henry VIII (28 June 149128 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547. Robert Blake (admiral) and Henry VIII are Lords Warden of the Cinque Ports.

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HMS Blake

Four ships of the British Royal Navy have carried the name HMS Blake in honour of General at Sea Robert Blake who was, until eclipsed by Horatio Nelson, the most famous British admiral.

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HMS Royal Charles (1655)

Royal Charles was an 80-gun first-rate three-decker ship of the line of the English Navy.

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HMS St George (1622)

HMS St George, sometimes written as HMS George, was a 42-gun great ship of the English Royal Navy, built by Andrew Burrell at Deptford and launched in 1622.

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Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson

Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronte (– 21 October 1805) was a British flag officer in the Royal Navy. Robert Blake (admiral) and Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson are people who died at sea.

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Ireland

Ireland (Éire; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe.

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Isles of Scilly

The Isles of Scilly (label, Enesek Syllan, or Enesow Syllan) are a small archipelago off the southwestern tip of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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John Desborough

John Desborough (1608–1680) was an English soldier and politician who supported the parliamentary cause during the English Civil War. Robert Blake (admiral) and John Desborough are English MPs 1653 (Barebones), English MPs 1654–1655, English MPs 1656–1658, Lords of the Admiralty and Parliamentarian military personnel of the English Civil War.

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John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath

John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath PC (29 August 1628 – 22 August 1701) was an English landowner who served in the Royalist army during the First English Civil War and was rewarded for his services after the 1660 Stuart Restoration with a title and various appointments.

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John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent

Admiral of the Fleet John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent (9 January 1735 – 13 March 1823) was a British Royal Navy officer, politician and peer.

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Joseph Blake (governor)

Joseph Blake (died 1700), the nephew of English General at Sea Robert Blake, served as the governor of Carolina in 1694 and from 1696 to his death in 1700.

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Kingdom of England

The Kingdom of England was a sovereign state on the island of Great Britain from 886, when it emerged from various Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, until 1 May 1707, when it united with Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain, which would later become the United Kingdom.

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Kingdom of Portugal

The Kingdom of Portugal was a monarchy in the western Iberian Peninsula and the predecessor of the modern Portuguese Republic.

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League (unit)

A league is a unit of length.

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Lieutenant colonel

Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officers in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel.

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Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire, abbreviated Lincs, is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber regions of England.

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Line of battle

The line of battle is a tactic in naval warfare in which a fleet of ships forms a line end to end.

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Lisbon

Lisbon (Lisboa) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 567,131 as of 2023 within its administrative limits and 2,961,177 within the metropolis.

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List of governors of Scilly

The following persons served as Governor of the Isles of Scilly, off the coast of Cornwall.

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Long Parliament

The Long Parliament was an English Parliament which lasted from 1640 until 1660.

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Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports

The Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports is a ceremonial official in the United Kingdom. Robert Blake (admiral) and Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports are Lords Warden of the Cinque Ports.

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Lying in state

Lying in state is the tradition in which the body of a deceased official, such as a head of state, is placed in a state building, either outside or inside a coffin, to allow the public to pay their respects.

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Maarten Tromp

Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp or Maarten van Tromp (23 April 1598 – 31 July 1653) was an army general and admiral in the Dutch navy during much of the Eighty Years' War and throughout the First Anglo-Dutch War. Robert Blake (admiral) and Maarten Tromp are 1598 births.

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Mediterranean Fleet

The British Mediterranean Fleet, also known as the Mediterranean Station, was a formation of the Royal Navy.

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Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, on the east by the Levant in West Asia, and on the west almost by the Morocco–Spain border.

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Merton College, Oxford

Merton College (in full: The House or College of Scholars of Merton in the University of Oxford) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England.

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Meuse

The Meuse (Moûze) or Maas (Maos or Maas) is a major European river, rising in France and flowing through Belgium and the Netherlands before draining into the North Sea from the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta.

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Military history of the United Kingdom

The military history of the United Kingdom covers the period from the creation of the united Kingdom of Great Britain, with the political union of England and Scotland in 1707, to the present day.

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Naval tactics and doctrine is the collective name for methods of engaging and defeating an enemy ship or fleet in battle at sea during naval warfare, the naval equivalent of military tactics on land.

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Netherlands

The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean.

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New Grimsby

New Grimsby (Enysgrymm Nowyth) is a coastal settlement on the island of Tresco in the Isles of Scilly, England.

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New Model Army

The New Model Army or New Modelled Army was a standing army formed in 1645 by the Parliamentarians during the First English Civil War, then disbanded after the Stuart Restoration in 1660.

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Nieuwpoort, Belgium

Nieuwpoort (Nieuwpôort; Nieuport) is a city and municipality located in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium, in the province of West Flanders.

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North Sea

The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Denmark, Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France.

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Oliver Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell (25 April 15993 September 1658) was an English statesman, politician, and soldier, widely regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of the British Isles. Robert Blake (admiral) and Oliver Cromwell are English MPs 1640 (April), English MPs 1653 (Barebones), English generals and Parliamentarian military personnel of the English Civil War.

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Parliament of England

The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England from the 13th century until 1707 when it was replaced by the Parliament of Great Britain.

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Plymouth

Plymouth is a port city and unitary authority in Devon, South West England.

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Postage stamp

A postage stamp is a small piece of paper issued by a post office, postal administration, or other authorized vendors to customers who pay postage (the cost involved in moving, insuring, or registering mail).

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Pound sterling

Sterling (ISO code: GBP) is the currency of the United Kingdom and nine of its associated territories.

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Prince Rupert of the Rhine

Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Duke of Cumberland, (17 December 1619 (O.S.) – 29 November 1682 (O.S.)) was an English-German army officer, admiral, scientist, and colonial governor. Robert Blake (admiral) and Prince Rupert of the Rhine are 17th-century Royal Navy personnel, Burials at Westminster Abbey and Lords of the Admiralty.

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Province of Carolina

The Province of Carolina was a province of the Kingdom of England (1663–1707) and later the Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1712) that existed in North America and the Caribbean from 1663 until the Carolinas were partitioned into North and South in 1712.

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Queen's House

Queen's House is a former royal residence in the London borough of Greenwich, which presently serves as a public art gallery.

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Richard Deane (regicide)

Richard Deane (bapt. 8 July 1610– 1 June 1653) was an English military officer who supported the Parliamentarian cause in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. Robert Blake (admiral) and Richard Deane (regicide) are English generals and Parliamentarian military personnel of the English Civil War.

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Richard Stayner

Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Stayner (1625 – 2 July 1662) was an English naval officer who supported the Parliamentary cause during the English Civil War and the Interregnum.

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Robert Blake, Baron Blake

Robert Norman William Blake, Baron Blake, (23 December 1916 – 20 September 2003), was an English historian and peer.

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Roundhead

Roundheads were the supporters of the Parliament of England during the English Civil War (1642–1651).

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's Naval Service.

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Sailing ship tactics

Sailing ship tactics were the naval tactics employed by sailing ships in contrast to galley tactics employed by oared vessels.

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Schiedam

Schiedam is a large town and municipality in the west of the Netherlands.

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Second Protectorate Parliament

The Second Protectorate Parliament in England sat for two sessions from 17 September 1656 until 4 February 1658, with Thomas Widdrington as the Speaker of the House of Commons.

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Short Parliament

The Short Parliament was a Parliament of England that was summoned by King Charles I of England on 20 February 1640 and sat from 13 April to 5 May 1640.

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Siege of Lyme Regis

The siege of Lyme Regis was an eight-week blockade during the First English Civil War.

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Sieges of Taunton

The sieges of Taunton were a series of three blockades during the First English Civil War.

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Sir Francis Wyndham, 1st Baronet

Sir Francis Wyndham, 1st Baronet (c. 1612 – 15 July 1676) of Trent, Dorset was an English soldier and politician who sat in the House of Commons of England at various times from 1640 until his death in 1676. Robert Blake (admiral) and Sir Francis Wyndham, 1st Baronet are English MPs 1640 (April) and military personnel from Somerset.

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Somerset

Somerset (archaically Somersetshire) is a ceremonial county in South West England.

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South Carolina

South Carolina is a state in the coastal Southeastern region of the United States.

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Sovereign Military Order of Malta

The Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM), officially the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta (Sovrano Militare Ordine Ospedaliero di San Giovanni di Gerusalemme, di Rodi e di Malta; Supremus Militaris Ordo Hospitalarius Sancti Ioannis Hierosolymitani Rhodiensis et Melitensis), commonly known as the Order of Malta or Knights of Malta, is a Catholic lay religious order, traditionally of a military, chivalric, and noble nature.

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St Andrew's Church, Plymouth

The Minster Church of St Andrew, also known as St Andrew's Church, Plymouth is an Anglican church in Plymouth.

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St Margaret's, Westminster

The Church of St Margaret, Westminster Abbey is in the grounds of Westminster Abbey on Parliament Square, London, England.

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St Mary's Church, Bridgwater

The Parish Church of St Mary, more commonly known as St Mary's, is the main Church of England parish church for the town of Bridgwater, Somerset.

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Star Castle

Star Castle is a vector graphics multidirectional shooter released in arcades by Cinematronics in 1980.

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State funerals in the United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom, state funerals are usually reserved for monarchs.

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Storming of Bristol

The Storming of Bristol took place from 23 to 26 July 1643, during the First English Civil War.

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Stuart Restoration

The Stuart Restoration was the re-instatement in May 1660 of the Stuart monarchy in England, Scotland, and Ireland.

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Taunton (UK Parliament constituency)

Taunton was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and its predecessors from 1295 to 2010, taking its name from the town of Taunton in Somerset.

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The Downs (ship anchorage)

The Downs is a roadstead (area of sheltered, favourable sea) in the southern North Sea near the English Channel off the east Kent coast, between the North and the South Foreland in southern England.

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Thomas Kelsey

Thomas Kelsey (died c. 1680) rose from obscurity as a "London tradesman" to become an important figure in the government of Oliver Cromwell. Robert Blake (admiral) and Thomas Kelsey are English MPs 1654–1655, English MPs 1656–1658 and Lords Warden of the Cinque Ports.

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Trapani

Trapani (Tràpani) is a city and municipality (comune) on the west coast of Sicily, in Italy.

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Tresco, Isles of Scilly

Tresco (elder-trees) is the second-biggest island of the Isles of Scilly.

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University of Oxford

The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England.

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Vigo

Vigo is a city and municipality in the province of Pontevedra, within the autonomous community of Galicia, Spain.

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Wadham College, Oxford

Wadham College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.

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Weather gage

The weather gage (sometimes spelled weather gauge) is the advantageous position of a fighting sailing vessel relative to another.

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Westminster Abbey

Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter at Westminster, is an Anglican church in the City of Westminster, London, England.

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William Hepworth Dixon

William Hepworth Dixon (30 June 1821 – 26 December 1879) was an English historian and traveller from Manchester.

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William Penn (Royal Navy officer)

Sir William Penn (23 April 1621 – 16 September 1670) was an English admiral and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1670. Robert Blake (admiral) and William Penn (Royal Navy officer) are 17th-century Royal Navy personnel and Lords of the Admiralty.

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Witte de With

Witte Corneliszoon de With (28 March 1599 – 8 November 1658) was a Dutch States Navy officer who served during the Eighty Years' War and the First Anglo-Dutch War.

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See also

People from Bridgwater

Royal Navy personnel of the Anglo-Dutch Wars

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Blake_(admiral)

Also known as Admiral Blake, Admiral Robert Blake, Robert Blake (Royal Navy officer).

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