Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/James_Wilkes_Maurice> ?p ?o }
- James_Wilkes_Maurice abstract "Vice-Admiral James Wilkes Maurice (10 February 1775 – 4 September 1857) was an officer of the Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Unlike his contemporaries who won fame commanding ships, Maurice gained accolades for his command of a number of island fortresses.Maurice was employed on a number of ships prior to the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars, and by 1794 held the position of midshipman. He saw action in the English Channel and in the Western Approaches the following year, participating in the Battle of Groix and the Quiberon expedition. Good service in these actions led to his appointment to a number of acting commissions as a lieutenant. His career took a major step forward when Maurice, his lieutenant's commission by now confirmed, went out to the West Indies with Commodore Sir Samuel Hood.Hood had decided to fortify Diamond Rock, in order to harass French shipping off the port of Fort de France in Martinique and Maurice, as first lieutenant of Hood's flagship, began to oversee the arduous task. After work was completed Hood commissioned the Rock and rewarded Maurice's efforts by putting him in command. For seventeen months Maurice and his men raided and interdicted shipping off Martinique, and proved a continual thorn in the side of the French. The arrival of a large fleet under Pierre de Villeneuve in May 1804 during the Trafalgar Campaign gave the French enough resources to assault the Rock. In the subsequent battle, Maurice held out for several days until the exhaustion of the Rock's supplies of water and ammunition forced him to surrender.Maurice spent a brief period in command of a sloop, before being appointed governor of Marie-Galante, tasked with the defence of the island. His next posting was as governor of Anholt during the Gunboat War. In 1811 he fought off an attack from a much larger Danish force, inflicting heavy casualties. Maurice then returned to Britain and largely retired from active service, though he continued to be promoted. He reached the rank of vice-admiral before his death in 1857.".
- James_Wilkes_Maurice allegiance "United Kingdom".
- James_Wilkes_Maurice battle Battle_of_Anholt.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice battle Battle_of_Diamond_Rock.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice battle Battle_of_Groix.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice battle French_Revolutionary_Wars.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice battle Gunboat_War.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice battle Invasion_of_France_(1795).
- James_Wilkes_Maurice battle Napoleonic_Wars.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice birthDate "1775-02-10".
- James_Wilkes_Maurice birthPlace Devonport,_Plymouth.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice birthYear "1775".
- James_Wilkes_Maurice deathDate "1857-09-04".
- James_Wilkes_Maurice deathPlace Devon.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice deathPlace Plymouth.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice deathPlace Stonehouse,_Plymouth.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice deathYear "1857".
- James_Wilkes_Maurice militaryCommand "Diamond Rock".
- James_Wilkes_Maurice militaryCommand "Governor ofAnholt".
- James_Wilkes_Maurice militaryCommand "Governor ofMarie-Galante".
- James_Wilkes_Maurice serviceEndYear "1857".
- James_Wilkes_Maurice serviceStartYear "1789".
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageID "24328296".
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageLength "24068".
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageOutDegree "120".
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageRevisionID "662666386".
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Able_seaman.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Admiral_(Royal_Navy).
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Admiralty.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Alexander_Cochrane.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Alexander_Hood,_1st_Viscount_Bridport.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Anholt_(Denmark).
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Barbados.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Anholt.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Diamond_Rock.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Groix.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_Trafalgar.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Cape_of_Good_Hope.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Carronade.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Category:1775_births.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Category:1857_deaths.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Category:Royal_Navy_admirals.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Category:Royal_Navy_personnel_of_the_French_Revolutionary_Wars.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Category:Royal_Navy_personnel_of_the_Napoleonic_Wars.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Channel_Fleet.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Corvette.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Cádiz.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Demerara.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Devon.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Devonport,_Plymouth.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Diamond_Rock.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink East_Indiaman.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink English_Channel.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Essequibo_(colony).
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Falmouth,_Cornwall.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Flagship.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Fort-de-France.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink French_Revolutionary_Wars.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink French_frigate_Sirène_(1795).
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink French_ship_Pluton_(1804).
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Guadeloupe.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Gunboat.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Gunboat_War.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink HMS_Berwick_(1775).
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink HMS_Fort_Diamond.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Horatio_Nelson,_1st_Viscount_Nelson.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Invasion_of_France_(1795).
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink John_Borlase_Warren.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink John_Murray_(publisher).
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Julien_Cosmao.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Kattegat.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Launch_(boat).
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Lloyds_Patriotic_Fund.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Magazine_(artillery).
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Marie-Galante.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Martinique.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Midshipman.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Minorca.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Murray_Maxwell.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Napoleonic_Wars.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Pierre-Charles_Villeneuve.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Plymouth.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Post-captain.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Privateer.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Puerto_Cabello.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Royal_Marines.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Royal_Navy.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Saint_Lucia.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Schooner.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Sir_Albemarle_Bertie,_1st_Baronet.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Sir_Richard_Strachan,_6th_Baronet.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Sir_Samuel_Hood,_1st_Baronet.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Sloop.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Sloop-of-war.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Stonehouse,_Plymouth.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Subpoena.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Tobago.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Trafalgar_Campaign.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink Typhus.
- James_Wilkes_Maurice wikiPageWikiLink United_Kingdom.