Sir John Duckworth, 1st Baronet
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Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth, 1st Baronet, GCB was an English officer of the Royal Navy, serving during the Seven Years' War, the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars, as the Governor of Newfoundland during the War of 1812, and a member of the British House of Commons during his semi-retirement. Duckworth, a vicar's son, achieved much in a naval career that began at the age of 11.
Portrait by Sir William Beechey, 1810
Duckworth's Action off San Domingo, 6 February 1806 by Nicholas Pocock (1808). Duckworth's flagship, the 74-gun Superb, is shown firing at the French flagship, the 120-gun Imperial.
Duckworth's squadron forcing the Dardanelles
Duckworth depicted in his last year on a commemorative medal minted by his friends.
Dardanelles operation
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The Dardanelles operation was a failed assault by the British Royal Navy against the coastal fortifications of Constantinople. The operation was part of the Anglo-Turkish War.
The squadron under the command of Sir J T Duckworth forcing the narrow channel of the Dardanelles, February 19th 1807, by Thomas Whitcombe
Destruction of the Turkish Fleet Feby 19th 1807, coloured engraving after Thomas Whitcombe
French general Sébastiani during the defense of Constantinople.