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Admiral Sir Manley Dixon, KCB (3 January 1757; 8 February 1837) was a prominent Royal Navy officer during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Born into a military family in the late 1750s or early 1760s, Dixon joined the Navy and served as a junior officer in the American Revolutionary War, gaining an independent command in the last year of the war. Promoted to captain seven years later, Dixon then served in the French Revolutionary Wars in the Channel Fleet and off Ireland until 1798, when he gained command of the 64-gun HMS Lion with the Mediterranean Fleet. Employed in the blockade of Cartagena, on 15 July 1798 Lion fought four Spanish frigates and successfully captured one, Santa Dorothea. Transferred to the Siege of Malta later the same year, Dixon remained off the isl

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  • Manley Dixon, né vers 1760 et mort le 8 février 1837 à Exmouth, est un officier de la Royal Navy. Il participe à la guerre d'indépendance des États-Unis, aux guerres de la Révolution française et aux guerres napoléoniennes. Il est Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth de 1830 à 1833. * Portail de la Royal Navy (fr)
  • Admiral Sir Manley Dixon, KCB (3 January 1757; 8 February 1837) was a prominent Royal Navy officer during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Born into a military family in the late 1750s or early 1760s, Dixon joined the Navy and served as a junior officer in the American Revolutionary War, gaining an independent command in the last year of the war. Promoted to captain seven years later, Dixon then served in the French Revolutionary Wars in the Channel Fleet and off Ireland until 1798, when he gained command of the 64-gun HMS Lion with the Mediterranean Fleet. Employed in the blockade of Cartagena, on 15 July 1798 Lion fought four Spanish frigates and successfully captured one, Santa Dorothea. Transferred to the Siege of Malta later the same year, Dixon remained off the isl (en)
  • Manley Dixon (± 1760 - Exmouth, 8 februari 1837) was een admiraal van de Britse marine, de Royal Navy, uit de late 18de en de vroege 19de eeuw. Hij was vooral betrokken bij de Britse weerstand tegen de Franse mediterrane campagne van 1798. Hij werd geboren in een echte militaire familie. Al gauw ging hij in het Britse leger. Hij diende als jonge officier in de Amerikaanse Onafhankelijkheidsoorlog, en verwierf het bevel over een eenheid in het laatste jaar van die oorlog. Hij werd geridderd in de Orde van het Bad en kreeg de rang van admiraal. (nl)
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  • Sir Manley Dixon (en)
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