Sir edward pellew biography of donald

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  • Edward Pellew, captain of the legendary Indefatigable, was quite simply the greatest frigate captain in the age of sail.

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    Commander: The Life and Exploits of Britain's Greatest Frigate Captain

    March 13, 2015
    Though he's best known today from the fictional Hornblower series by C.S. Forester, the real Sir Edward Pellew - later 1st Viscount Exmouth - was a far from obscure figure. From his first command in the American Revolutionary War, where he played a key role in the the defeat of Benedict Arnold's makeshift American navy on Lake Champlain, to his success in the decades of war against France after the revolution, troubled Indian command, and the bombardment of Algiers (also related in Gile's Milton's book about a relative of Pellew, White Gold) which brought an end to Christian slavery in North Africa, the Cornish seaman's exploits made him a household name in a time when great naval officers were celebrities.

    Taylor's excellent biography of Exmouth focuses not only on the strengths of the man (his seamanship and mastery of frigate warfare, his generally close relationship with his crews) b
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    Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth (born 19 April 1757, Dover, England, died 23 January 1833, Teignmouth, England), was an historic British Naval Officer during the Napoleonic Wars.

    In the Hornblower series, he was first captain, commanding HMS Indefatigable and later commodore and admiral. Hornblower was one of his favourite midshipmen and foresaw that he would go far in his career.

    Hornblower's Historical Shipmates (2016) by Heather Noel-Smith & Lorna M. Campbell is a history book discussing the careers of 17 real midshipmen who served with Pellew on HMS Indefatigable.

    Also:

    Bibliography - HMS Indefatigable - Hornblower - Loyalty - Hornblower - Mutiny - Hornblower - Retribution - Hornblower - The Duchess and the Devil - Hornblower - The Even Chance - Hornblower - The Examination for Lieutenant - Hornblower - The Frogs and the Lobsters - Hornblower's Historical Shipmat

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    Contents Back Chapter XII Home Exmouth

    Edward Pellew - By Parkinson, C. Northcote, London, 1934

     

    CHAPTER XI - Mediterranean

     

    ' . . .We sailed for the Toolong fleet.'
    ' What fleet ?' inquired I.
    ` Why, the Toolong fleet, so called, I thought, because they remained too long in harbour, bad luck to them . . . .'  -  'Peter Simple,' Marryat,

     

    (382) PELLEW was aged fifty-two when he came on shore in 1809. But fem years in the East had done something to undermine his health. The strain had begun to tell. He was older than his years. And the question must naturally, arise as to whether he was wise in taking the command in the East Indies, whether he did not give too much for what he gained. We have seen what he gained - a fortune and the promotion of his two sons. To find an answer to this question it is now necessary to consider what he gave. Now, the price paid for the advantages obtained must be r