George Rooke
Videos
Page
Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Rooke was an English naval officer. As a junior officer he saw action at the Battle of Solebay and again at the Battle of Schooneveld during the Third Anglo-Dutch War. As a captain, he conveyed Prince William of Orange to England and took part in the Battle of Bantry Bay during the Williamite War in Ireland.
George Rooke by Michael Dahl painted c. 1705
The Battle of Schooneveld at which Rooke saw action as a junior officer
St Paul's church, Canterbury, where Rooke was buried
The statue of Admiral Rooke on Gibraltar's Devil's Tongue Battery erected in Gibraltar in 2004 to celebrate 300 years of British rule. Sculpted by Sharon Keenan.
Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy)
Videos
Page
Admiral of the Fleet is a five-star naval officer rank and the highest rank of the Royal Navy, formally established in 1688. The five-star NATO rank code is OF-10, equivalent to a field marshal in the British Army or a Marshal of the Royal Air Force. Apart from honorary appointments, no new admirals of the fleet have been named since 1995, and no honorary appointments have been made since 2014.
King George VI and Admiral Bruce Fraser aboard HMS Duke of York at Scapa Flow, August 1943
Image: George Legge, 1st Baron Dartmouth by John Riley
Image: Gibson, Edward Russell
Image: George Rooke 2