About: John Forbes (Royal Navy officer)

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Admiral of the Fleet John Forbes (17 July 1714 – 10 March 1796), styled The Honourable from 1734, was a Royal Navy officer. After taking part in an expedition to Lisbon to support the Portuguese in the face of a Spanish threat, he saw action as captain of the third-rate HMS Norfolk at the Battle of Toulon during the War of the Austrian Succession. He was one of the few captains who really bore down on the enemy.

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  • John Forbes (17. července 1714, Menorca – 10. března 1796, Londýn, Anglie) byl britský admirál. Pocházel ze šlechtického rodu a u královského námořnictva sloužil od svých dvanácti let. Vynikl za války o rakouské dědictví v bitvě u Toulonu a již v roce 1747 dosáhl hodnosti kontradmirála. Ze zdravotních důvodů později na aktivní službu na moři rezignoval, ale dlouhodobě působil v námořní správě. Během sedmileté války byl povýšen na admirála (1758) a nakonec dosáhl nejvyšší hodnosti velkoadmirála (1781). (cs)
  • Admiral of the Fleet John Forbes (17 July 1714 – 10 March 1796), styled The Honourable from 1734, was a Royal Navy officer. After taking part in an expedition to Lisbon to support the Portuguese in the face of a Spanish threat, he saw action as captain of the third-rate HMS Norfolk at the Battle of Toulon during the War of the Austrian Succession. He was one of the few captains who really bore down on the enemy. Forbes went on to serve as a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty under successive governments. In that role, he was convinced of the illegality of the sentence of death on Vice-Admiral John Byng and refused to sign Byng's death warrant. He also served as Member of Parliament for St Johnstown and then as Member of Parliament for Mullingar in the Parliament of Ireland. (en)
  • L'Admiral of the Fleet John Forbes (17 juillet 1714-10 mars 1796) est un officier de marine britannique. Il se distingue en particulier pendant la guerre de Succession d'Autriche. (fr)
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  • Kingdom of Great Britain
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  • HMS Norfolk
  • HMS Severn
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  • HMS Port Mahon
  • HMS Poole
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  • Forbes in 1778 (en)
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  • John Forbes (17. července 1714, Menorca – 10. března 1796, Londýn, Anglie) byl britský admirál. Pocházel ze šlechtického rodu a u královského námořnictva sloužil od svých dvanácti let. Vynikl za války o rakouské dědictví v bitvě u Toulonu a již v roce 1747 dosáhl hodnosti kontradmirála. Ze zdravotních důvodů později na aktivní službu na moři rezignoval, ale dlouhodobě působil v námořní správě. Během sedmileté války byl povýšen na admirála (1758) a nakonec dosáhl nejvyšší hodnosti velkoadmirála (1781). (cs)
  • L'Admiral of the Fleet John Forbes (17 juillet 1714-10 mars 1796) est un officier de marine britannique. Il se distingue en particulier pendant la guerre de Succession d'Autriche. (fr)
  • Admiral of the Fleet John Forbes (17 July 1714 – 10 March 1796), styled The Honourable from 1734, was a Royal Navy officer. After taking part in an expedition to Lisbon to support the Portuguese in the face of a Spanish threat, he saw action as captain of the third-rate HMS Norfolk at the Battle of Toulon during the War of the Austrian Succession. He was one of the few captains who really bore down on the enemy. (en)
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  • John Forbes (cs)
  • John Forbes (amiral) (fr)
  • John Forbes (Royal Navy officer) (en)
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