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Commander-in-Chief, Dunkirk - Flanders - British


Date fromDate toHolderSource
1696/05/05  John Benbow (1652/53-1702)

... "to be Commander in chief of his Majesties ships employed before Dunkirke, to continue in force during the current expedition."

ADM 6/3

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