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Vice-Admiral


1982 Hendrik L van Beek, Dutch Vice-Admiral, dies at 52

1959 William "Bull" F Halsey, U.S. Vice-Admiral (WW II Pacific), dies

1944 Vice-Admiral Kurita's sailboat Atago sinks

1944 Kurita's Vice-Admiral fleet leaves North-Borneo

1944 IDG Garnett, British Vice-Admiral

1943 Vice-Admiral Cunningham appointed British adm of fleet

1942 Vice-Admiral Cunningham becomes British commander-in-chief

1942 Vice-Admiral Mikawa lands at Guadalcanal, Solomon Island

1941 Lancelot Holland, British Vice-Admiral ((WW II/Hood), dies in battle

1941 Robert Walmsley, British Vice-Admiral

1937 Alan Grose, British Vice-Admiral

1933 Patrick Symons, British Vice-Admiral

1932 George Vallings, British Vice-Admiral

1929 Edward Anson, British Vice-Admiral

1929 Hendrik L van Beek, Dutch Vice-Admiral

1927 Jonathan Tod, Vice-Admiral, England

1926 Cameron Rusby, British Vice-Admiral

1925 Peter Berger, British Vice-Admiral

1924 David Loram, British Vice-Admiral, Supreme Allied Commander

1924 Thomas Baird, Vice-Admiral

1923 Kent L Lee, U.S. Vice-Admiral, WW II - Marianas and Palau

1923 John Lea, British Vice-Admiral

1916 Donald Gibson, British Vice-Admiral

1914 Ian McGeoch, Vice-Admiral

1910 William I Martin, U.S. pilot/Vice-Admiral, WW II

1905 Fitzhugh Lee, U.S. pilot/Vice-Admiral, WW II, Navy Cross

1904 Herbert D Riley, U.S. Vice-Admiral, WW II, Guadalcanal, Okinawa

1904 Paul D Stoop, U.S. Vice-Admiral, WW II-Coral Sea

1902 Truman J. Hedding, U.S. Vice-Admiral, WW II

1899 Henricus Moorman, Dutch Vice-Admiral, KVP

1894 Gerald F Bogan, U.S. Vice-Admiral, WW II-Pacific Ocean

1893 British fleet under Vice-Admiral George Tryon leaves Beirut

1882 William "Bull" F Halsey, U.S. Vice-Admiral, WW II Pacific

1864 Battle of Mobile Bay Al-Farragut is given rank of Vice-Admiral

1848 Zinovi P Rozhestvensky, Russian Vice-Admiral

1845 Carel H Verhuell, Dutch/French Vice-Admiral, dies at 81

1838 Arnold A Buyskes, Dutch Vice-Admiral/colonial director, dies at 67

1828 Frederik Sigismund earl of Bylandt, Vice-Admiral, dies at 78

1824 Theodorus F van Capellen, Vice-Admiral (Algiers), dies at 61

1812 John W de Winter, Dutch Vice-Admiral, dies at battle at Kamperduin at 51

1804 Vice-Admiral William Bligh ends siege of Fort Amsterdam, Willemstad

1804 British Vice-Admiral William Blighs fleet reaches Curacao

1779 Vice-Admiral Hardy sails out of Isle of Wright against Spanish Armada

1771 Arnold A. Buyskes, Dutch Vice-Admiral/colonial director

1764 Carel H Verhuell, Dutch/French Vice-Admiral/minister of Navy

1762 Theodorus F van Capellen, Vice-Admiral

1761 John W de Winter, Dutch Vice-Admiral, Battle at Kamperduin

1749 Frederik Sigismund van Bylandt, Dutch count/Vice-Admiral

1740 Francois van Aerssen, Dutch Vice-Admiral (Suriname), dies at 71

1702 John Benbow, English Vice-Admiral (Santa Marta), dies

1679 Cornelis Evertsen the Young, Vice-Admiral of Zealand, dies at 51

1676 John de Haen, Vice-Admiral (Kijkduin/Palermo), dies in battle at 45?

1673 John de Love I, Vice-Admiral, dies in sea battle at about 54

1669 Francois van Aerssen, Dutch Vice-Admiral, Suriname/Algeria

1666 Cornelis Evertsen the Old, Swiss Vice-Admiral, dies in battle at 55

1665 Egbert Meussen Kortenaer, Vice-Admiral, dies in battle at about 29

1665 Battle at Elmina, Gold Coast: Vice-Admiral De Ruyter beats English

1658 Witte de With, Dutch Vice-Admiral, dies in battle at 59

1610 Cornelis Evertsen, the Elder, Dutch/Swiss Vice-Admiral

1594 Martin Frobisher, English Vice-Admiral/explorer, dies

1591 Richard Grenville, Vice-Admiral (Roanoke) dies in battle at 49

1542 Richard Grenville, English parliament leader/Vice-Admiral, Roanoke


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