Two: Adm. Sir Frederick Field and Adm. Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt, Bt. Two: Adm. Sir Frederick Field and Adm. Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt, Bt.
The Spanish Admiral was promoted to Admiral of the Fleet but died of wounds on 9 March 1806 that he received to his left arm from grapeshot at Trafalgar.
Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, who served as Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet (CINCPAC) during WWII, and Chief of Naval Operations after the Japanese surrender, was the last surviving Navy 5 star (Fleet) Admiral. The rank is a lifetime appointment, with full pay and benefits of an active duty officer, only being retired. He died in 1966.
Captain Thomas Masterman Hardy. NOT Admiral Horatio Nelson - he was the Admiral of the Fleet, and was on board (and died on) HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar. But Hardy was the Captain in direct command of HMS Victory.
That would be the battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805, at which Vice-Admiral Nelson died in the moment of victory.
He was deputy combubpac who helped transfer the wolf pack tactic to the Pacific. He was a football hero at Annapolis, who was born and who died in Middletown, De.
Lord John Hay - Royal Navy admiral of the fleet - died on 1916-05-04.
The Spanish Admiral was promoted to Admiral of the Fleet but died of wounds on 9 March 1806 that he received to his left arm from grapeshot at Trafalgar.
Admiral Horatio Nelson. He died during the battle.
Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, who served as Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet (CINCPAC) during WWII, and Chief of Naval Operations after the Japanese surrender, was the last surviving Navy 5 star (Fleet) Admiral. The rank is a lifetime appointment, with full pay and benefits of an active duty officer, only being retired. He died in 1966.
Captain Thomas Masterman Hardy. NOT Admiral Horatio Nelson - he was the Admiral of the Fleet, and was on board (and died on) HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar. But Hardy was the Captain in direct command of HMS Victory.
The English fleet Vice amiral Horatio Nelson died during the battle but the strategy he chose to fight the french and Spanish fleet will give victory.Knowning the English inferiority in numbers of ships and men, but with a better armed ships and a more coherent fleet, he decided to use the wind to gain speed charging directly on his opponents flank rather than longing the franco-spanish parallely as the navy's strategies of that time used to recommend.
That would be the battle of Trafalgar, 21 October 1805, at which Vice-Admiral Nelson died in the moment of victory.
He was deputy combubpac who helped transfer the wolf pack tactic to the Pacific. He was a football hero at Annapolis, who was born and who died in Middletown, De.
Virginia Admiral died in 2000.
Himerios - admiral - died in 918.
War Admiral died in 1959.
Admiral Horatio Nelson. was the commanding British officer. He was a tactical genius too.