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was intended for service in the
Channel, but the crisis passed over without breaking into open war. Goodall was made rear-admiral of the blue on 21 September 1790, and in 1792 received a posting to command in
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the Dutch surrendered and the convoy was taken into
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494:Combat d'Ouessant juillet 1778
359:Naval Battle of Hyères Islands
222:Naval Battle of Hyères Islands
180:Affair of Fielding and Bylandt
16:Royal Navy officer (died 1801)
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1366:Nelson: The Immortal Memory
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255:Admiral of the White
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1462:1801 deaths
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636:West Indies
572:, and then
420:West Indies
341:during the
335:Lord Hood's
262:West Indies
86: 1750
1456:Categories
1438:1792–1793
1344:required.)
1269:References
1210:Charnock.
1167:Charnock.
1115:Winfield.
1081:Winfield.
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998:Winfield.
963:required.)
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769:after the
751:Hugh Pigot
566:Portsmouth
469:Winchelsea
393:Duc d'Ayen
391:, Norway.
385:Duc d'Ayen
239:Royal Navy
123:Winchelsea
73:Royal Navy
57:Allegiance
51:Teignmouth
37:Teignmouth
1225:Howarth.
879:Citations
868:the fleet
860:Agamemnon
858:HMS
818:HMS
803:HMS
794:Gibraltar
785:Gibraltar
783:HMS
600:Courageux
593:HMS
589:Courageux
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382:privateer
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272:with the
144:Gibraltar
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128:HMS
121:HMS
114:HMS
107:HMS
648:Dominica
608:Recovery
528:Defiance
515:Defiance
502:Keppel's
463:half-pay
445:east of
389:Egersund
357:and the
299:and the
286:Fielding
249:and the
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103:Commands
67:Service/
1195:Ralfe.
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455:Georgia
447:Cojimar
443:battery
430:Mercury
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