Jahleel Brenton
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Vice Admiral Sir Jahleel Brenton, 1st Baronet, KCB was a British officer in the Royal Navy who served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
HMS Speedy (centre) surrounded by Spanish gunboats off Gibraltar in November 1799
The Battle of Algeciras, Alfred Morel-Fatio
HMS Minerve under attack in Cherbourg
Vice Admiral Lord Collingwood
HMS Speedy (1782)
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HMS Speedy was a 14-gun Speedy-class brig of the British Royal Navy. Built during the last years of the American War of Independence, she served with distinction during the French Revolutionary Wars.
HMS Speedy falling in with the wreck of HMS Queen Charlotte, 21 March 1800
Charles Cunningham, Speedy's commander at the start of the French Revolutionary Wars
George Cockburn, Speedy's fifth commander who rose to the rank of admiral of the fleet
Hugh Downman, Speedy's commander between 1797 and 1799