. Der Carnegie Institution in Washington Publikation. HAWKE. 95 25. EDWARD HAWKE. EDWARD HAWKE wurde 1705 geboren. Er trat in die britische Marine im Jahre 1720, wurde post Kapitän im Jahre 1734, und im Jahre 1743 wurde dem Befehl des Schiffes zugeordnet - Berwick. Im Januar 1744, unter Admiral Mathews, nahm er an der Seeschlacht von Toulon und gewann Unterscheidung durch den Geist, den er zeigte, seine Antagonisten in der Nähe Aktion und Erfassen von ihr. Der König persönlich favorisierte ihn und half ihm in die Position des hinteren Admiral im Jahre 1747. Zu dieser Zeit war er bestimmten Befehl von 14 Schiffen zu intercep

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. Carnegie Institution of Washington publication. HAWKE. 95 25. EDWARD HAWKE. EDWARD HAWKE was born in 1705. He entered the British navy in 1720, was made post captain in 1734, and in 1743 was assigned to the command of the ship-of-the-line Berwick. In January 1744, under Admiral Mathews, he took part in the naval battle off Toulon and won distinction by the spirit he showed, engaging his antagonist in close action and capturing her. The king personally favored him and helped to advance him to the position of rear admiral in 1747. At that time he was given command of fourteen ships to intercept a French convoy. On October 14 he sighted the merchant fleet and its convoy of nine ships. He fought the con- voy and six of its ships fell into his hands. In 1848 he became vice admiral of the blue squadron, having already been elected to Parliament, a seat which he re- tained for 30 years. On the outbreak of the war with France in 1756, Hawke was made full admiral. France was planning to invade England and Hawke was watching the French fleet under de Conflans in the Channel. When Hawke learned that the French fleet was at sea he put on all sail and after a chase of three days caught up with it. The enemy made for Quiberon bay, full of dangerous rocks and on a lee shore. Without order of battle the pursuers engaged the enemy's ships as they came up with them and poured shot into them. In three hours two French ships had sunk and two had struck, eight had run ashore, including the flagship, and eight had escaped. The British lost two ships on a shoal, but most of the people on board were saved. This great victory brought deserved recognition and the admiral was created Baron Hawke. He was lord of the admiralty from 1776 to 1781, when he died. Hawke had the spirit of a fighter. There is insufficient knowledge as to his hereditary elements. We know, however, that his mother belonged to the Fair- faxes, one of England's greatest fighting families, and that his mother's mother's

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