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Robert Blake

 
NationalityBritish
Date of Birth1598/08 
FatherHumphrey Blake 
Date of Death1657/08/17 
Place of DeathOn board the Resolution 
Cause of DeathNatural 
ShipDate fromDate toEventSource
General at Sea, 1649/02 
Triumph 1649/02 As Flag OfficerBWAS-1603
Resolution 1650 As Flag OfficerBWAS-1603
Saint George 1650 As Flag OfficerBWAS-1603
Phoenix 16501651/10As Flag OfficerBWAS-1603
 1650/02/141652Commander of the Fleet sent to Lisbon
 1650/03/101650/10Commanded the Commonwealth Squadron at the Blockade of the Tagus
Triumph 16521653As Flag OfficerW014
Resolution 1652 As Flag OfficerBWAS-1603
James 16521652/06As Flag OfficerBWAS-1603
 1652/03/04 C.O.S. orders to Col. Robert Blake a "Commission to command the Parliament fleet for nine months, with the usual powers"SPD-1651-2
 1652/05/19 Commanded the Main Squadron at the Battle of Dover
 1652/09/28 Commanded the English Fleet at the Battle of Kentish Knock
 1652/11/30 Commanded the English Fleet at the Battle of Dungeness
 1653/02/181653/02/20Commanded the English Fleet at the Battle of Portland
 1653/06/021653/06/03Commanded the The Red Squadron - Main Division at the Battle of the Gabbard
Essex 1653/06/021653/07As Flag OfficerB146
George 16541657/08/07As Flag OfficerBWAS-1603
Swiftsure 16541655As Flag OfficerBWAS-1603
 1654/09/291657/08Commander of the Fleet for the Mediterranean
 16551656Commander of the Mediterranean Fleet 1655
 1655/04/04 Commanded the English Fleet at the Battle of Porto Farina
Naseby 1656 As Flag OfficerTRN2
Swiftsure 1656/101656/12As Flag OfficerBWAS-1603
 1657/04/20 Battle of Santa CruzBWAS-1603
Sources
IDDescriptionAuthorType
BWAS-1603 British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603 - 1714Rif WinfieldBook
W014 Anglo-Dutch Wars BLOGJames C BenderWeb Site
SPD-1651-2 Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Interregnum, 1651-2Mary Anne Everett Green (editor)Book
B146 NRS Vol 041 - The First Dutch War - Vol VC. T. Atkinson edBook
TRN2 The Royal Navy : a history from the earliest times to the present Vol IIWilliam Laid ClowesDigital Book
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