George Rooke

Painting by Michael Dahl , around 1705

Statue to Sir George Rooke in Gibraltar

Sir George Rooke (* 1650 , † 24. January 1709 ) was an English admiral .

Life

After volunteering in the navy, he served in the naval wars with Holland and in the Nine Years War against France, becoming captain in 1673 and rear admiral in 1690. He took part in the battles of Beachy Head (1690) and Barfleur / La Hougue (1692) and was defeated after the latter on February 20, 1693 to Knight Bachelor ("Sir"). In the naval battle of Lagos in 1693 he was defeated on the way to the Mediterranean Admiral Tourville . In 1700 he led the English squadron that enabled the Swedes to invade Zealand in Denmark.

In 1702 he led the failed expedition to Cádiz , but was able to intercept the Spanish treasure fleet on the way back near Vigo . Together with Sir Cloudesley Shovell and Prince Georg of Hesse-Darmstadt , he conquered the fortress of Gibraltar in 1704 and prevented the French relief by Toulouse and d'Estrées in the Battle of Vélez-Málaga . Here, however, his fleet suffered heavy losses. George Rooke resigned from the service in 1705.

literature

Rooke, Sir George . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . 11th edition. tape 23 : Refectory - Sainte-Beuve . London 1911, p. 705 (English, full text [ Wikisource ]).

Web links

National Portrait Gallery

Individual evidence

^ William Arthur Shaw: The Knights of England. Volume 2. Sherratt and Hughes, London 1906, p. 268.
↑ The interest of Great-Britain: with relation to the differences among the Northern potentates consider'd. In which is contain'd… I. A narrative of the principal actions occurring in the wars betwixt Sweden and Denmark,… written in in [sic] the year 1675. By Sir Philip Meadows… II. An account of Sir George Rook's expedition… in the year 1700,… written by the Reverend Mr. Beauvoir,… III. Also an account of the negotiations ... before and after the Treaty of Travendahl, ... To which is added by way of appendix, an account of the rarities ... observed by Mr. Beauvoir .. / Author: Boyer, Abel * 1667-1729 *. Published: London: printed and sold by J. Baker and T. Warner, 1716. Extent: xvi, 176,31, [1] p .; 8 °
^ Relation of the Admiral Rook from the big sea meeting that took place in the Mediterranean Sea . Author: George Rooke * 1650-1709 *. Published: [Sl], [1704].

personal data
SURNAME	Rooke, George
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	English admiral
DATE OF BIRTH	1650
DATE OF DEATH	January 24, 1709

[1] William Arthur Shaw: The Knights of England. Volume 2. Sherratt and Hughes, London 1906, p. 268.

[2] The interest of Great-Britain: with relation to the differences among the Northern potentates consider'd. In which is contain'd… I. A narrative of the principal actions occurring in the wars betwixt Sweden and Denmark,… written in in [sic] the year 1675. By Sir Philip Meadows… II. An account of Sir George Rook's expedition… in the year 1700,… written by the Reverend Mr. Beauvoir,… III. Also an account of the negotiations ... before and after the Treaty of Travendahl, ... To which is added by way of appendix, an account of the rarities ... observed by Mr. Beauvoir .. / Author: Boyer, Abel * 1667-1729 *. Published: London: printed and sold by J. Baker and T. Warner, 1716. Extent: xvi, 176,31, [1] p .; 8 °

[3] Relation of the Admiral Rook from the big sea meeting that took place in the Mediterranean Sea . Author: George Rooke * 1650-1709 *. Published: [Sl], [1704].