Robert Blake (admiral)

Robert Blake (1598 – 17 August 1657) was one of the most important military commanders of the Commonwealth of England and one of the most famous English admirals of the 17th century. Blake is recognised as the chief founder of England's naval supremacy.Greenwich Pagent , Hansard, 18 July 1933 Its dominance was inherited by the British Royal Navy.The First Defeat of its Lessons, Colonist, Volume IV, Issue 425, 19 November 1861, Page 3

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