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
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
Vis (island)
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Vis is a Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea. Before the end of World War I, the island was held by the Liburnians, the Republic of Venice, the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy, and the Austrian Empire. Du
William Hoste
…Amphion, HMS Active (36 guns), HMS Volage (22 guns) and HMS Cerberus (32 guns), operations continued and by establishing a base at Lissa, now known as Vis, Hoste was able to dominate the Adriatic with just four ships. In March and April 1810 alone, they took or destroyed 46 vessels. The French and their…
Aerial image of Vis (view from the southwest)
Harbour of Vis
Battle of Vis, 1866
Josip Broz Tito with his officers, 1944