Sir John Moore, 1st Baronet
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Admiral Sir John Moore, 1st Baronet, KB was a British officer of the Royal Navy during the War of the Austrian Succession and the Seven Years' War. He eventually rose to the rank of admiral.
Sir John Moore, 1st Baronet
Plan of the attack against Basseterre by a squadron of Royal Navy ships of war commanded by Commodore Moore on 22 January 1759 - also the encampments of the British
Plan of the attack against Fort Louis now Fort George, at Point à Pitre by a squadron, detached from Commodore Moore and commanded by Captain Wm. Harman on 14 February 1759
Second Battle of Cape Finisterre
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The second battle of Cape Finisterre was a naval encounter fought during the War of the Austrian Succession on 25 October 1747 (N.S.). A British fleet of fourteen ships of the line commanded by Rear-Admiral Edward Hawke intercepted a French convoy of 250 merchant ships, sailing from the Basque Roads in western France to the West Indies and protected by eight ships of the line commanded by Vice Admiral Henri-François des Herbiers.
French battleship Intrépide fighting several British ships, by Pierre-Julien Gilbert
Rear-Admiral Edward Hawke
Henri-François des Herbiers
Three of the six French vessels captured during the battle: Terrible, Neptune and Severn