The British Navy during the Age of Sail produced more than it’s share of exemplary combat commanders.
One of those was certainly Vice Admiral Sir Richard Goodwin Keats. A man of whom Nelson wrote, “I esteem his person alone as being equal to one French 74…”
Keats proved he was equal to much more than a French 74 in the aftermath of the Battle of Algeciras.
Filed under Age of Sail, Naval Battles, Naval Biography, Naval Operations, single ship actions
Tagged as Andromaque, Battle of Algeciras, Carlos Real, Duke of Clarence, Hermenegildo, HMS Admiral Pasley, HMS Audacious, HMS Boadicea, HMS Bonetta, HMS Caesar, HMS Galatea, HMS Hannibal, HMS Lion, HMS Pompee, HMS Prince George, HMS Spencer, HMS Superb, HMS Thames, HMS Venerable, King William IV, Sir James Saumarez, Sir John Borlase Warren, Sir Richard Goodwin Keats
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