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Sea captain from Guernsey widely credited as having transformed the economy of Costa Rica by establishing the Costa Rican coffee trade. United Kingdom: Yes 1802 1863 Ladd, William. American anti-war activist and New England sea captain who devoted his pen to preaching non-resistance during the War of 1812. United States: Yes 1778 1841 Lawrence ...
Bobby Moore, who remains England's youngest men's captain and the only England captain to have lifted the World Cup, reached 90 captaincies in 1973, sharing the record with Wright. Steph Houghton has the record for captaincies of the women's team, and outright fourth-most caps as captain (72) behind Wright and Moore, and Kane. Seven male ...
1 Lord Admirals of England 1385 –1628, 1638 –1708. ... 17 First Sea Lords and Chiefs of the Naval Staff, 1917–present. 18 Deputy First Sea Lords 1917 to 1946.
William Cain (sea captain) Richard Chancellor; James Charles (sea captain) Seb Clover; John Colman; James Colnett; James Cook; Thomas Cooke (actor) Bill & Laurel Cooper;
Used this experience playing the Captain of HMS Exeter, in the 1956 film The Battle of the River Plate. Alec Guinness, actor, served during World War II, initially as a rating, but later commissioned in 1941. He commanded a landing craft taking part in the invasion of Sicily and Elba and later ferried supplies to the Yugoslav partisans.
Sir Edgar Britten KB RD RNR (1874 – October 28, 1936) was a Cunard Line captain remembered primarily for being the first captain of the ocean liner RMS Queen Mary in 1936. Born in Bradford, England, he began his career as a cabin boy. [ 1 ]
George Pollard Jr. was born in Nantucket, Massachusetts, the son of Tamar Pollard (née Bunker) and George Pollard, a ship's captain, [2] at a time when the principal industry there was hunting sperm whales to harvest the oil contained in their blubber and spermaceti. [3]
Admiral Sir George Michael Zambellas, GCB, DSC, ADC, DL, FRAeS (born 4 April 1958) [1] is a British retired Royal Navy officer.He served as First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff from April 2013 [2] before handing over duties to Admiral Sir Philip Jones in April 2016.