Fairfax Moresby
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Fairfax Moresby
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Admiral of the Fleet Sir Fairfax Moresby GCB was a Royal Navy officer. As a junior officer he took part in the unsuccessful expedition to capture Ferrol in Spain during the French Revolutionary Wars. He later saw action during the blockade of Brest during the Napoleonic Wars before becoming commanding officer of a sloop which was sent to the Aegean Sea to defend the population of Malta from pirates; the grateful people presented him with a sword. He then sailed to the Adriatic Sea where he led a
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairfax_Moresby
date created:
2004-07-17T19:44:10Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T21:53:23Z
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