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The Royal Naval Biography, or Memoirs of the Services of All the Flag-Officers, Superannuated Rear-Admirals, Retired-Captains, Post-Captains and Commanders, whose names appeared on the Admiralty list of sea officers at the commencement of the year, or who have since been promoted; illustrated by a series of historical and explanatory notes. With copious addenda [1] was written by Lieutenant John Marshall, RN, between 1823 and 1835. [2]

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The entire work is in the public domain and is available in Wikisource. [2]

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References

  1. Marshall, John (1823–35). Royal naval biography : or Memoirs of the services of all the flag-officers, superannuated rear-admirals, retired-captains, post-captains and commanders, whose names appeared on the Admiralty list of sea officers at the commencement of the year, or who have since been promoted; illustrated by a series of historical and explanatory notes. With copious addenda. Robarts - University of Toronto. London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green.
  2. 1 2 3 Marshall, John. Royal Naval Biography  via Wikisource.