1793
Mediterranean Fleet
Joins Lord Hood's Mediterranean fleet after war resumes.
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Browse historical events and people recorded at Mediterranean in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Joins Lord Hood's Mediterranean fleet after war resumes.
Receives wider independent responsibility in the Mediterranean.
Searches for Napoleon's expedition across the Mediterranean.
Maintains pressure on the French fleet across the Mediterranean.
Pursues Villeneuve after the French fleet escapes Toulon.
Continues naval command after Nelson's death at Trafalgar.
Maintains command of the fleet after Trafalgar.
Fisher becomes Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet.
Directs Admiralty efforts to locate and contain the German battlecruiser Goeben and light cruiser Breslau in the Mediterranean.
Faces criticism after Goeben and Breslau reach Ottoman waters despite British attempts to intercept them.
Carden directs British naval patrol and readiness duties in the eastern Mediterranean as regional tensions increase.
Carden assumes command of the Eastern Mediterranean Squadron during the opening months of the First World War.
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