Rear Admiral Sir Digby Dent was a Royal Navy commander.
The Battle of Grenada
Battle of Negapatam (1758)
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The Battle of Nagapatam was an indecisive naval battle on 3 August 1758 during the Seven Years' War. A British squadron under Vice-Admiral George Pocock fought a French squadron under Comte d'Aché off
Digby Dent (Royal Navy officer, born 1739)
…was given captaincy and command of the 24-gun HMS Queenborough in the East Indies under Vice Admiral George Pocock and fought the French fleet in the Battle of Negapatam and the Battle of Pondicherry in the Indian Ocean. He transferred to HMS Newcastle the day after the latter battle to replace Captain Colin Michie who…
Portrait of George Pocock