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Died	June 21, 1690 • Saint Kitts and Nevis

William Bligh

William Bligh

English admiral

John Byng, detail of an oil painting by T. Hudson; in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, Eng.

John Byng

British admiral

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Tobias Furneaux

British explorer

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Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy, Baronet

British naval officer

Lord Nelson, detail of an oil painting by J.F. Rigaud; in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, Eng.

Horatio Nelson

British naval commander

Portrait of Sir Francis Drake with a lace ruff collar, mustache, and short curly hair, painted in oil on panel. The background includes his name in gold lettering.

Sir Francis Drake

English admiral

Northumberland, John Dudley, duke of

John Dudley, duke of Northumberland

English politician and soldier

Robert Blake, portrait miniature by Samuel Cooper; in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, Eng.

Robert Blake

British admiral

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Richard Howe, Earl Howe

British admiral

Sir John Hawkins

Sir John Hawkins

English naval commander

George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney

George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney

British admiral

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Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich

English admiral

Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood

Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood

British admiral

Charles Howard, 1st earl of Nottingham, detail of an oil painting by an unknown artist, 1602; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.

Charles Howard, 1st earl of Nottingham

English admiral

Augustus Keppel

Augustus Keppel

British admiral

Thomas Seymour, Baron Seymour

Thomas Seymour, Baron Seymour

English admiral

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Sir Richard Hawkins

English seaman

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George Legge, 1st Baron Dartmouth

British admiral

HMS Revenge

Sir Richard Grenville

English naval commander

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Edward Boscawen

British admiral