Hyde Parker (Vice Admiral, 1739)

Admiral Sir Hyde Parker painted by George Romney

Sir Hyde Parker ( 1739 - March 16, 1807 ) was Vice Admiral in the Royal Navy and the second son of Hyde Parker (Vice Admiral, 1714) .

Life

He has performed at a young age of the Royal Navy and became, after he had made his first years of service on the ships of his father, the 1758 Lieutenant promoted. Five years later he became post-captain , an obsolete form of captain's rank , and served for several years from 1766 around the British West Indies and in North American waters, where he excelled in breaking through the defensive lines on the North River near New York . In 1779 he was awarded the knighthood for these services . In 1778 he was involved in the Savannah expedition . A year later his ship was wrecked off the enemy coast of Cuba and he had to hide with his men, but was later rescued. Parker was with his father at Dogger Bank and with Richard Howe on two missions in the Strait of Gibraltar .

In 1793, shortly after becoming Rear Admiral , he served under Samuel Hood at Toulon and in Corsica and two years later, now vice-admiral, under William Hotham in the undecided naval actions of March 13, 1795 and July 13, 1795. From 1796 to 1800 he was in command in Jamaica and directed operations in the British West Indies . In 1801, when Great Britain was at war with France , he and his deputy Horatio Nelson were given command of the naval force, which was supposed to break armed neutrality and destroy the fleets of the states of Russia , Sweden and Denmark by means of a preventive war three associations to prevent.

The mission's first target, Copenhagen , fell on April 2, 1801, when Nelson's squadron attacked it in the naval battle of Copenhagen . Parker's heavier ships played only a minor part in this. Parker hesitated to venture further into the Baltic Sea after this victory - a decision that was later heavily criticized. Soon after, he was recalled and Nelson was his successor.

Parker died in 1807.

family

Vice Admiral Hyde Parker (1714–1782) was his father, Vice Admiral Hyde Parker (1786–1854) was his son.

Web links

• Admiral Sir Hyde Parker on thepeerage.com

predecessor	Office	successor
John Byron	Commander-in-Chief, Leeward Islands Station 1779–1780	George Rodney
Richard Rodney Bligh	Commander-in-Chief, Jamaica Station 1796-1800	Lord Hugh Seymour