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The taking of the Cleopatra French Frigate by Captain Edward Pellew | Museum number 1873,0510.1237 ...
23 de ago. de 2012 · In this fast-paced, hugely entertaining biography, Stephen Taylor pays tribute to the captain of the Indefatigable, Edward Pellew – the greatest frigate captain of the age of sail. Pellew was a ...
Edward Pellew, captain of the legendary Indefatigable, was quite simply the greatest frigate captain in the age of sail.An incomparable seaman, ferociously combative yet chivalrous, a master of the quarterdeck and an athlete of the tops, he was as quick to welcome a gallant foe into his cabin as to dive to the rescue of a man overboard.
- Stephen Taylor
EXMOUTH, EDWARD PELLEW, 1st Viscount (1757–1833), English admiral, was descended from a family which came originally from Normandy, but had for many centuries been settled in the west of Cornwall. He was born at Dover, on the 19th of April 1757.
Sir Edward Pellew Group, cluster of barren sandstone islands in the Gulf of Carpentaria, near the mouth of the McArthur River, in northeastern Northern Territory, Australia. The islands have a total area of 800 square miles (2,100 square km). Vanderlin, the largest, is 20 miles (32 km) long by 8.
Admiral Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, GCB (19 April 1757 – 23 January 1833) was a British naval officer. He fought during the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary Wars, and the Napoleonic Wars. His younger brother Israel Pellew also pursued a naval career. Quick Facts The Viscount Exmouth, Born ...
Edward's grandfather, Humphrey Pellew, a merchant, resided from 1702 at Flushing manor-house in the parish of Mylor, and was buried there in 1722. On the death of Edward's father in 1764 the family removed to Penzance, and Pellew was for some years at the grammar school at Truro. In 1770 he entered the navy on board the Juno, with Captain John ...
