Phipps Hornby
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Admiral Sir Phipps Hornby, was a Royal Navy officer who served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Hornby served on frigates throughout most of his wartime experience, which included witn
HMS Volage (first from right), which Hornby commanded at the Battle of Lissa in 1811
William Hoste
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Captain Sir William Hoste, 1st Baronet, KCB was a Royal Navy officer who served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. A protégé of Lord Nelson, he was one of the most talented frigate capta
Phipps Hornby
…his own sixth-rate HMS Volage in 1811, Hornby played a vital role in the British victory at the Battle of Lissa. At Lissa a British squadron under William Hoste overwhelmed a French force more than twice their own strength, Volage combating a much larger ship alone for several minutes and taking numerous…
Captain Hoste of HMS Amphion by Henry Edridge
The destruction of L'Orient at the Battle of the Nile by George Arnald
Portrait of Hoste
Statue of William Hoste by Thomas Campbell, St Paul's Cathedral