The Other Norfolk Admirals Myngs, Narbrough and Shovell - Harris, Simon
Myngs, Narbrough and Shovell
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The careers of the three Norfolk admirals were intimately related. Narbrough and Shovell came from the small North Norfolk hamlet of Cockthorpe and Myngs from nearby Salthouse. In the 1660s, Myngs was the captain, Narbrough the lieutenant and Shovell the lowly cabin boy in the same ship. It is also possible that they were all related at least by marriage. In the majority of the naval wars of the second half of the seventeenth and the early eighteenth centuries one or other of them was invariably present. Cloudesley Shovell was born to a yeoman farmer; he entered the Navy whilst still a boy and, in 1676, came to national prominence by burning the four ships of the Dey of Tripoli right under his castle walls. This led to conflict with Samuel Pepys over a gold medal that the generous Charles II had awarded Shovell. Later there was a spectacular falling out with James II over the new king's Catholicism. Following Narbrough's premature death, Shovell married his widow: effectively the cabin boy marrying the admira...
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2017Uitgever: Helion & Company Limited275 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 1912174227ISBN-13: 9781912174225Koop dit boek tweedehands
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[Auteur: Harris, Simon] [Pagina's: 275] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: Helion & Company Limited] [Jaar: 2017] [Titel: The Other Norfolk Admirals Myngs, Narbrough and Shovell]
