George Rooke
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Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Rooke was a Royal Navy officer and politician. As a junior officer he saw action at the Battle of Solebay and again at the Battle of Schooneveld during the Third Anglo-
Portrait by Michael Dahl, c. 1705
c. 1703–1708 portrait of Rooke by Michael Dahl
Portrait of Rooke's third wife Catherine by Sir Godfrey Kneller
Statue of Rooke erected in Gibraltar in 2004 to celebrate 300 years of British rule
Battle of Vigo Bay
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The Battle of Vigo Bay, also known as the Battle of Rande or sometimes as the Battle of Redondela Bay, was a naval engagement fought on 23 October 1702 during the opening years of the War of the Spani
George Rooke
…Battle of Lagos. Rooke commanded the unsuccessful allied expedition against Cádiz but on the passage home he destroyed the Spanish treasure fleet at the Battle of Vigo Bay in the opening stages of the War of the Spanish Succession. He also commanded the allied naval forces at the capture of Gibraltar and attacked the…
Sea Battle of Vigo bay, 23 October 1702. Episode in the War of the Spanish Succession, Anonymous.
French ship of the line Bourbon being brought into the Vlissingen roadstead after the battle
The Battle of Vigo Bay as depicted by Alphonse de Neuville in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas.