Charles Inglis was an officer of the Royal Navy who saw service during the War of the Austrian Succession, the Seven Years' War, and the American War of Independence, rising to the rank of rear-admira
Portrait by Sir Henry Raeburn, c. 1783
The Battle of the Saintes, 12 April 1782: surrender of the Ville de Paris by Thomas Whitcombe, painted 1783
Robert Linzee
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Admiral of the Blue Robert Linzee was a Royal Navy officer who served in the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
Charles Inglis (Royal Navy officer, died 1791)
…and several frigates, having sailed from Martinique. On 15 February 1783 the frigate Concorde was sighted by the 74-gun HMS Magnificent, under Captain Robert Linzee. Magnificent was close enough to identify the mysterious ship as a frigate by 18:00, and by 20:00 as darkness fell Concorde opened fire on her pursuer…
Admiral Robert Linzee 1740 1804
Spanish watercolour depicting the capture of most of the merchants in Sir John Moutray's convoy