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George Rooke

1650–1709 · 17th century · Also known as Sir George Rooke

Sir George Rooke was an English admiral. In the War of the Spanish Succession he destroyed the Spanish treasure fleet and its French escort at Vigo Bay in 1702. In August 1704 his Anglo-Dutch fleet captured Gibraltar in the name of the Habsburg claimant Charles, and days later he fought the French fleet at the Battle of Málaga.

George Rooke
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