Robert Blake (admiral)
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General at Sea Robert Blake was an English naval officer who served as general at sea and the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports from 1656 to 1657. Blake served under Oliver Cromwell during the English C
Portrait by Henry Perronet Briggs, 1829
Battle of the Kentish Knock was a major English victory.
Blake's flagship George at the Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife in 1657
Statue of Robert Blake in Bridgwater, Somerset
The Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife was a military operation in the Anglo-Spanish War which took place on 20 April 1657. An English Protectorate fleet under Admiral Robert Blake penetrated the heavil
Robert Blake (admiral)
…the fleet had stayed at sea over winter. On 20 April 1657 Blake totally destroyed another armed merchant convoy, the Spanish West Indian fleet, in the Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife—a port so well fortified that it was thought to be impregnable to attack from the sea—for the loss of just one ship. With expert marksmanship Blake's…
General-at-Sea Robert Blake led the attack at Santa Cruz de Tenerife
A 1657 Dutch engraving depicting the battle