Thomas Phillips (engineer)
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Thomas Phillips was a Royal Navy officer and engineer who worked with some of the leading naval figures of his period, and was involved in military operations against the French during the Nine Years'
c. 1692 portrait of Phillips
Murray's full portrait. Alongside Phillips (left) are John Benbow (centre) and Sir Ralph Delaval (right). The three had been important figures in British fleet operations against the north coast of France during 1692–93.
Painting in the UK government collection which has Phillips replaced by the Earl of Orford.
John Benbow
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Vice-Admiral of the White John Benbow was a Royal Navy officer. He joined the Navy in 1678, seeing action against Barbary pirates before leaving to join the Merchant Navy in which Benbow served until
Thomas Phillips (engineer)
…in 1693, to the post of chief engineer to the train of brass ordnance for sea service. In November he was assigned to a naval squadron under Commodore John Benbow, which was equipped with bomb vessels and fireships and was ordered to destroy St Malo. Phillips directed the bomb vessels during the opening three-day-long…
1701 portrait of Benbow by Sir Godfrey Kneller
Benbow's attack on Saint-Malo, where he blew up the machine ship Vesuvius, 1693
Benbow's bombardment of Dieppe in July 1694