[DOC] [TLE] Francis Beaufort - Wikipedia [PAR] Rear Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort, KCB, FRS, FRGS, FRAS, MRIA was an Irish 
hydrographer and officer in the Royal Navy. Beaufort was the creator of the 
Beaufort Scale for indicating wind force. ... Beginning on a merchant ship of the 
British East India Company, Beaufort rose (during the Napoleonic Wars) to 
Midshipman,... [DOC] [TLE] Battle of Trafalgar - Wikipedia [PAR] The Battle of Trafalgar (21 October 1805) was a naval engagement fought by the 
Royal Navy ... Twenty-seven British ships of the line led by Admiral Lord Nelson 
aboard ..... The wind became contrary at this point, often shifting direction. ..... 
London's famous Trafalgar Square was named in honour of Nelson's victory, and 
his... [DOC] [TLE] Battle of Jutland - Wikipedia [PAR] The Battle of Jutland was a naval battle fought by the British Royal Navy's Grand 
Fleet under Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, against the Imperial German Navy's High 
Seas Fleet under Vice-Admiral Reinhard Scheer during the First World War. The 
battle was fought from 31 May to 1 June 1916 in the North Sea, near the ... It was 
the largest naval battle in that war and the only full-scale clash of... [DOC] [TLE] Francis Beaufort, (Wind Scale) | National Maritime Museum of Ireland [PAR] IRELAND'S BEAUFORT WAS WINDSCALE INVENTOR ... He entered the British 
Navy in 1787 at 13 and served in HMS Colossus and HMS Latona ... of Argentina 
in which the Mayo man, Admiral William Brown, played a vital role. ... The famous 
wind scale ... The Beaufort Sea, north of Alaska, is named for Francis Beaufort. [DOC] [TLE] Free Flashcards about NAVAL HISTORY - StudyStack [PAR] THIS SEA OFF THE COAST OF NORTH AMERICA WAS NAMED FOR REAR ... 
BRITISH ADMIRAL FAMOUS FOR A WIND SCALE, FRANCIS BEAUFORT. [DOC] [TLE] Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort - Ask About Ireland [PAR] ... in the British Navy and is famous for inventing the Wind Force Scale. ... In 1838 
the British Navy made Beaufort's Wind Force Scale the standard way to measure 
wind at sea. ... oceans have been named after him e.g. Beaufort Sea (part of 
Arctic Oceans), Beaufort Island (Antarctic) and Beaufort Inlet ( North Atlantic 
Ocean ). [DOC] [TLE] Sir Francis Beaufort | British admiral | Britannica.com [PAR] ... of the various states of the sea corresponding to the scale of wind strengths 
known as the Beaufort scale, named after the British admiral Sir Francis Beaufort. [DOC] [TLE] Beaufort wind scales - Sizes [PAR] Mar 4, 2012 ... The best known scale for wind speed is that of Sir Francis Beaufort (17741857), 
a captain in the British Admiralty who drew ... and changed the wind names to 
those usually used in ships' logs. ... Land Criteria was the North Shields 
observer, one George Clark, head clerk at the North Shields Post Office. [DOC] [TLE] Weather Brains: Sir Francis Beaufort | weatheronline.co.uk [PAR] The Irish-British hydrographer Rear Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort (1774 - 1857) 
was born in Navan in ... He proposed, in 1806, the wind scale named for him. [DOC] [TLE] Admiral Lord Nelson's fatal victory - National Geographic Magazine ... [PAR] With a strong wind behind them, that time might be reduced to ten minutes, but 
the ... At the age of 47, Nelson was the most famous British naval commander ... 
At sea since he was 12, Nelson had spent only two of the past dozen years on 
land. .... Irishman named Jack Spratt, Spratt held out his other leg and cried: "
Never! [DOC] [TLE] 'Rain later. Good, occasionally poor': what does the shipping ... [PAR] Feb 22, 2016 ... The forecast for each area of the seas surrounding the British Isles ... The forecast 
reports wind direction and strength (on the Beaufort scale ... The only location to 
be named after an individual is FitzRoy  an area lying northwest of Spain ... this 
area was known as Finisterre (from French 'end of the world'). [DOC] [TLE] The Dutch Invasion of England: 1667  Military Affairs 13:223233 ...

Question: This northern sea was named for a British admiral who was famous for a wind scale
Answer: Beaufort