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Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke
Admiral of the Fleet
Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke
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(21 February 1705 – 16 October 1781) was a
Royal Navy
officer. As captain of the
third-rate
HMS Berwick
he took part in the
Battle of Toulon
in February 1744 during the
War of the Austrian Succession
. He also captured six ships of a French squadron in the
Bay of Biscay
in the
Second Battle of Cape Finisterre
in October 1747.
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