• In 1759, in the battle of Quiberon Bay during the Seven Years War, the British fleet commanded by Admiral Hawke destroyed the French invasion fleet under Admiral Conflans.

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  • We understand that Alex loves a bombshell physical therapist named Sam (Brooklyn Decker), and that Sam happens to be the daughter of crusty U.S. Pacific Fleet commander Admiral Shane ( Liam Neeson, barking but not biting).

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  • He rose through the ranks to become Admiral of the Fleet in January 1953.

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  • According to stories, a ship from the Chinese admiral's fleet is thought to have foundered off the coast of Kenya in the early 1400s.

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  • The compass was also invented in China, and records exist of how a great fleet was sent under the command of Admiral Zheng He in the early 15th century to show the Chinese imperial flag in the ports of the Indian Ocean and the Persian Gulf, a fleet said to be the largest seen in the world up to that time.

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  • In 1759, a French fleet was destroyed at Lagos, Portugal, by the British under Admiral Boscawen.

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  • Admiral Arthur Phillip, the man who brought the First Fleet into Sydney Harbour in 1788, ended his days tumbling out of an upstairs window in England.

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  • "We have been attacked like we haven't since Pearl Harbor, " Admiral Robert J Natter, commander of the US Atlantic Fleet in Norfolk, said, according to the Associated Press news agency.

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  • When fully dedicated to missile defence, some ships already devote 40% of their power to electrical systems, says Rear-Admiral Philip Cullom, in charge of the navy's fleet readiness.

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  • James Lyons, U.S. Navy retired admiral, was commander in chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, senior U.S. military representative to the United Nations, and deputy chief of naval operations, where he was principal adviser on all Joint Chiefs of Staff matters.

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  • Admiral Lyons was commander in chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet (the largest single military command in the world), senior U.S. military representative to the United Nations, and deputy chief of naval operations, where he was principal adviser on all Joint Chiefs of Staff matters.

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  • James "Ace" Lyons, a retired U.S. Navy admiral, was commander in chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet (the largest single military command in the world), senior U.S. military representative to the United Nations and was deputy chief of naval operations, where he was principal adviser on all Joint Chiefs of Staff matters.

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  • Perhaps he should sit down with an admiral and ask whether the government has an obligation to build new submarines and maintain our fleet over time.

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  • Two of the ships in question, the Admiral Chabanenko and the Yaroslav Mudry, are two of the newer and most capable members of the Russian fleet, coming into service in 1999 and 2009 respectively.

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