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| − | Viscount Lord High Admiral '''Sophocles "Sooty" Macshearwater''' was an officer in the Royal Navy from 1790 to 1878. He started his naval career as a cabin boy at age 6. He quickly rose through the ranks, and gained his own command (the [[HMS Fiery Gizzard]]) at age 9. During his long career, he fought in 6 wars, captured or sunk 279 ships of the line, and personally killed 52 Frenchmen in hand to hand combat. During all that time, he never spent more than 5 consecutive minutes on land. He is buried in Westminster Abbey. | + | [[File:Sooty.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Sophocles "Sooty" Macshearwater]] |
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| + | Viscount Lord High Admiral Laird '''Sophocles "Sooty" Macshearwater''' was an officer in the Royal Navy from 1790 to 1878. He started his naval career as a cabin boy at age 6. He quickly rose through the ranks, and gained his own command (the [[HMS Fiery Gizzard]]) at age 9. During his long career, he fought in 6 wars, captured or sunk 279 ships of the line, and personally killed 52 Frenchmen in hand to hand combat. During all that time, he never spent more than 5 consecutive minutes on land. He is buried in Westminster Abbey. | ||
== Ships == | == Ships == | ||
* [[HMS Fiery Gizzard]] | * [[HMS Fiery Gizzard]] | ||
* [[Solitaire|HMS Solitaire]] | * [[Solitaire|HMS Solitaire]] | ||
| + | * [[HMS Zoltron]] | ||
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| + | == Battles == | ||
| + | * [[Battle of Trafalgar]] | ||
| + | * [[Battle of Scipio Creek]] | ||
| + | * [[Battle of Bacliff]] | ||
| + | * [[Battle of Matagorda Bay]] | ||
| + | * [[The Glorious Second of December]] | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[Horatio Macshearwater]] | * [[Horatio Macshearwater]] | ||
Latest revision as of 14:25, 1 October 2011
Viscount Lord High Admiral Laird Sophocles "Sooty" Macshearwater was an officer in the Royal Navy from 1790 to 1878. He started his naval career as a cabin boy at age 6. He quickly rose through the ranks, and gained his own command (the HMS Fiery Gizzard) at age 9. During his long career, he fought in 6 wars, captured or sunk 279 ships of the line, and personally killed 52 Frenchmen in hand to hand combat. During all that time, he never spent more than 5 consecutive minutes on land. He is buried in Westminster Abbey.
Ships
Battles
- Battle of Trafalgar
- Battle of Scipio Creek
- Battle of Bacliff
- Battle of Matagorda Bay
- The Glorious Second of December
