Vice-Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth

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Vice-Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth was a prominent British Royal Navy officer of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, best known for his decisive victory over the French fleet at the Battle of San Domingo during the Napoleonic Wars.

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Vice-Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Navy officer ⓘ
baronet ⓘ
human ⓘ
naval commander in the Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
allegiance Great Britain ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
awardReceived Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath ⓘ
birthDate 1748 ⓘ
birthPlace Leatherhead, Surrey, England ⓘ
conflict American Revolutionary War ⓘ
French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate 1817 ⓘ
deathPlace Topsham, Devon, England ⓘ
employer Royal Navy ⓘ
genre naval warfare ⓘ
hasOccupation colonial administrator ⓘ
naval officer ⓘ
honorificPrefix Sir ⓘ
memberOf Order of the Bath ⓘ
militaryBranch British Royal Navy ⓘ
linked to: Royal Navy
militaryCommand British squadron at the Battle of San Domingo ⓘ
British squadron in the Dardanelles Operation ⓘ
militaryRank Admiral ⓘ
Rear-Admiral ⓘ
Vice-Admiral ⓘ
name John Thomas Duckworth ⓘ
nobleTitle Baronet in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom ⓘ
notableAchievement decisive victory over French fleet at San Domingo ⓘ
service in multiple major 18th and 19th century naval wars ⓘ
notableEvent Battle of San Domingo ⓘ
expedition to the Dardanelles in 1807 ⓘ
notableWork command of British squadron at the Battle of San Domingo ⓘ
opponent French Navy ⓘ
partOf British naval operations in the Caribbean ⓘ
Royal Navy blockade operations against France ⓘ
positionHeld Commander-in-Chief, Jamaica Station ⓘ
Commander-in-Chief, North American Station ⓘ
Governor of Newfoundland ⓘ
residence Devon, England ⓘ
linked to: Devon
serviceBranch Royal Navy ⓘ
title 1st Baronet Duckworth ⓘ

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Participation in the Battle of San Domingo → commandedBy → Vice-Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth ⓘ
Battle of San Domingo → commander → Vice-Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth ⓘ
French ship Impérial → opposingCommander → Vice-Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth ⓘ
Atlantic campaign of 1806 → combatantCommander → Vice-Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth ⓘ