Surname (try to keep in this oder) | fullname | wikilink picture | dob | dod | story | notes
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Agar | Augustus Agar | File Augustine agar VC.jpg | 4 Jan 1890 | 30 Dec 1968 | He joined the Royal Navy in 1904. He took part in many actions during World War I. In late 1918 he worked with the British Secret Intelligence Service. He was the only man to be knighted based entirely on his exploits as a spy. He was awarded the Victoria Cross for sinking the Oleg, a Bolshevik Russian cruiser. He saw action in World War II | born in Kandy, Ceylon. His father John Shelton Agar, was an Irishman from Woodmont, County Kerry | notes |
Andrews | Thomas Andrews | File Thomas Andrews ül.jpg | 7 Feb 1873 | 15 April 1912 | Businessman and shipbuilder; managing director and head of the draughting department for the Belfast shipbuilding company Harland and Wolff. Andrews was the shipbuilder in charge of the plans for the ocean liner RMS Titanic. He was travelling on board the Titanic during its maiden voyage when it hit an iceberg on 14 April 1912 and was one of the 1,517 people who perished in the disaster. | born at Ardara House, Comber, County Down | —
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Armstrong | Alexander Armstrong | —
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1818 | 4 Jul 1899 | Naval surgeon, explorer, and author who from 1850–1854 sailed the arctic on HMS Investigator under the command of Robert John Le Mesurier McClure in search of the lost expedition of explorer Sir John Franklin. He became director-general of the Royal Navy’s medical department. He was awarded a KCB in 1871. [1] | born Donegal | —
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Armand | Ange René Armand |
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17 Feb 1788 | 13 May 1855 | French naval officer and politician. | Descendant of an ancient family of Ireland who followed King James II to France | —
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Aylmer | Matthew Aylmer |
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born in Ireland | —
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Baugh | William Baugh | —
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1587 | 1619 | pirate. He was a ‘rear-admiral’ of the confederation of North Atlantic pirates c.1611 | probably born in England, operated out of Kinsale | —
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Baldwin | Augustus Warren Baldwin | —
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1 Oct 1776 | 5 Jan 1866 | Joined the merchant navy in 1792. He was commissioned Royal Navy lieutenant in 1800. He participated in the bombardment of Copenhagen in 1807, and in 1808 received a gold medal and a commander’s commission for his part in the capture of the russian ship Sewolod (Vsevolod. Although retired from the navy, he was promoted to admiral in 1862. [2] | born near Lisnagat in County Cork | —
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Barber | Robert Barber | —
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1749 | 1783 | quartermaster on HMS Adventure during Captain Cook's Second Voyage 1772-1775. On the 31 December 1772 he became an A.B. He was Master of HMS Mercury when he died. [3] | born in Kilkenny | —
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Barry | John Barry |
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1745 | 13 Sep 1803 | "The Father of the American Navy"; an officer in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War and later in the United States Navy. He commanded Lexington, Raleigh, and Alliance. He won the final naval battle of the American Revolution off the coast of Cape Canaveral on March 10, 1783. | born in Tacumshane, County Wexford | —
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Bransfield | Edward Bransfield | —
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1785 | 1852 | Polar explorer. Discoverer of the Antarctica continent, (mainland rather than islands), on 30 January 1820. [4] Bransfield Strait, Bransfield Island, Bransfield Trough and Mount Bransfield are named after him, as is the RRS Bransfield. | born in Ballinacurra, County Cork | —
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Beaufort | Francis Beaufort |
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1745 | 13 Sep 1803 | Creator of the Beaufort scale for indicating wind force. He entered the British Navy at 13 and served on HMS Colossus and HMS Latona before being transferred to HMS Aquilon, which participated in the ‘ Glorious First of June’. With his brother-in-law he devised a system which could transmit a message from Dublin to Galway in eight minutes. An Alaskan sea is named after Beaufort. | born in Tacumshane, County Wexford | —
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Burgoyne | Hugh Talbot Burgoyne |
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17 Jul 1833 | 7 Sep 1870 | Awarded the Victoria Cross, as a Royal Navy lieutenant, serving in the Crimean War, he landed at a beach where the Russian army were in strength, without covering fire, hr set fire to corn stores and ammunition dumps and destroyed enemy equipment. | born in Dublin | —
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Blake | James "Spanish" Blake | —
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1560 | 20 Feb 1635 | spy | born in Galway | —
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Bligh | William Bligh |
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9 Sep 1754 | 7 Dec 1817 | In 1800 he completed a major survey of Dublin harbour and recommended that the North Bull Wall should be constructed to prevent sand building up in the mouth of the harbour. He correctly forecast that this would create a natural scouring action that would deepen the river channel, and sand gradually accumulated along the side of the North Bull Wall resulting in the modern Bull Island. | None | [1] |
Bonny | Anne Bonny |
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8 Mar 1697 | 25 Apr 1782 | Pirate | born "Anne Cormac" in Kinsale, County Cork. | [2] |
Brendan | Brendan |
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484 | 16 May 577 | Brendan "the Navigator", a legendary voyager, may have travelled to America. | born in Ciarraighe Luachra (Fenit) in County Kerry, | —
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Brown | William Brown |
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22 Jun 1777 | 3 Mar 1857 | Brown's victories in the Independence War, the Argentina-Brazil War, and the Guerra Grande in Uruguay earned the respect and appreciation of the Argentine people, and today he is regarded as one of Argentina's national heroes. Creator and first admiral of the country's maritime forces, he is commonly known as the "father of the Argentine Navy". | born in Foxford, County Mayo. | [5] [6] [7] [8] |
Byrne | Michael Byrne | —
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1761 | —
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A near-blind fiddler who served in the Royal Navy. His sixth ship, in 1787, was the Bounty under Captain Bligh. He survived the wreck of the Pandora. He was acquitted of the charge of mutiny. He later served under Bligh's nephew, Francis Bond, on the Prompte. | born in Kilkenny | —
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Baugh (Bagh, Bough, Boghe), William (c.1587–1619?), pirate
William Beatty (surgeon) (1773–1842), naval surgeon, was born in Derry,
Bingham | Edward Bingham Bingham, Edward Barry Stewart (1881–1939), rear-admiral, RN, was born 26 July 1881 in Bangor Castle, Co. Down
Henry Blackwood 1770–1832), vice admiral, was born 28 December 1770 at Ballyleidy, Upper Clandeboye Co Down
Browning, Michael (d. 1689), captain of the Mountjoy, whose Christian name occurs in various forms, including Micah, Micaiah, Micaill, and Mihal, is said to have been a native of Derry city,
Thomas Button (died April, 1634) officer of the Royal Navy and explorer engagement at Kinsale in 1601, where he commanded the pinnace Moone. In 1612–13 he led an expedition in search of the north-west passage, explored the west coast of Hudson's Bay and gave his name to Button Bay. He was appointed admiral of the king's ships on the coasts of Ireland, probably in 1614, and apparently for life. His Irish base was Kinsale, where he held command of the fort at Castle Park from 1616, who in 1612–1613 commanded an expedition that unsuccessfully attempted to locate explorer Henry Hudson and to navigate the Northwest Passage
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Fought in the Irish Confederate Wars refused amnesty and turned Tory, captured and sold with 300 others to Barbadian planters by Cromwellian forces. With three fellow Irish slaves stole a lugger, while loading sugar, and escaped. Joined L'Olonnois who, in time, appointed Greaves captain of one of his ships, crewed by escaped Irish slaves. He captured Margarita and looted a fortune in pearls. He retired but was arrested and sentenced to hang. He escaped after an earthquake and went whaling. Eventually he did retire, became respectable and died of natural old age.
Michael Joyce (MP) sailor & mp
Surname (try to keep in this oder) | fullname | wikilink picture | dob | dod | story | notes
sort | Name | Picture | Born | Died | Notability | Connection | Notes |
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Agar | Augustus Agar | File Augustine agar VC.jpg | 4 Jan 1890 | 30 Dec 1968 | He joined the Royal Navy in 1904. He took part in many actions during World War I. In late 1918 he worked with the British Secret Intelligence Service. He was the only man to be knighted based entirely on his exploits as a spy. He was awarded the Victoria Cross for sinking the Oleg, a Bolshevik Russian cruiser. He saw action in World War II | born in Kandy, Ceylon. His father John Shelton Agar, was an Irishman from Woodmont, County Kerry | notes |
Andrews | Thomas Andrews | File Thomas Andrews ül.jpg | 7 Feb 1873 | 15 April 1912 | Businessman and shipbuilder; managing director and head of the draughting department for the Belfast shipbuilding company Harland and Wolff. Andrews was the shipbuilder in charge of the plans for the ocean liner RMS Titanic. He was travelling on board the Titanic during its maiden voyage when it hit an iceberg on 14 April 1912 and was one of the 1,517 people who perished in the disaster. | born at Ardara House, Comber, County Down | —
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Armstrong | Alexander Armstrong | —
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1818 | 4 Jul 1899 | Naval surgeon, explorer, and author who from 1850–1854 sailed the arctic on HMS Investigator under the command of Robert John Le Mesurier McClure in search of the lost expedition of explorer Sir John Franklin. He became director-general of the Royal Navy’s medical department. He was awarded a KCB in 1871. [1] | born Donegal | —
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Armand | Ange René Armand |
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17 Feb 1788 | 13 May 1855 | French naval officer and politician. | Descendant of an ancient family of Ireland who followed King James II to France | —
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Aylmer | Matthew Aylmer |
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1650 | —
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born in Ireland | —
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sort | Name | Picture | Born | Died | Notability | Connection | Notes |
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Baugh | William Baugh | —
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1587 | 1619 | pirate. He was a ‘rear-admiral’ of the confederation of North Atlantic pirates c.1611 | probably born in England, operated out of Kinsale | —
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Baldwin | Augustus Warren Baldwin | —
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1 Oct 1776 | 5 Jan 1866 | Joined the merchant navy in 1792. He was commissioned Royal Navy lieutenant in 1800. He participated in the bombardment of Copenhagen in 1807, and in 1808 received a gold medal and a commander’s commission for his part in the capture of the russian ship Sewolod (Vsevolod. Although retired from the navy, he was promoted to admiral in 1862. [2] | born near Lisnagat in County Cork | —
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Barber | Robert Barber | —
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1749 | 1783 | quartermaster on HMS Adventure during Captain Cook's Second Voyage 1772-1775. On the 31 December 1772 he became an A.B. He was Master of HMS Mercury when he died. [3] | born in Kilkenny | —
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Barry | John Barry |
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1745 | 13 Sep 1803 | "The Father of the American Navy"; an officer in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War and later in the United States Navy. He commanded Lexington, Raleigh, and Alliance. He won the final naval battle of the American Revolution off the coast of Cape Canaveral on March 10, 1783. | born in Tacumshane, County Wexford | —
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Bransfield | Edward Bransfield | —
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1785 | 1852 | Polar explorer. Discoverer of the Antarctica continent, (mainland rather than islands), on 30 January 1820. [4] Bransfield Strait, Bransfield Island, Bransfield Trough and Mount Bransfield are named after him, as is the RRS Bransfield. | born in Ballinacurra, County Cork | —
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Beaufort | Francis Beaufort |
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1745 | 13 Sep 1803 | Creator of the Beaufort scale for indicating wind force. He entered the British Navy at 13 and served on HMS Colossus and HMS Latona before being transferred to HMS Aquilon, which participated in the ‘ Glorious First of June’. With his brother-in-law he devised a system which could transmit a message from Dublin to Galway in eight minutes. An Alaskan sea is named after Beaufort. | born in Tacumshane, County Wexford | —
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Burgoyne | Hugh Talbot Burgoyne |
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17 Jul 1833 | 7 Sep 1870 | Awarded the Victoria Cross, as a Royal Navy lieutenant, serving in the Crimean War, he landed at a beach where the Russian army were in strength, without covering fire, hr set fire to corn stores and ammunition dumps and destroyed enemy equipment. | born in Dublin | —
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Blake | James "Spanish" Blake | —
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1560 | 20 Feb 1635 | spy | born in Galway | —
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Bligh | William Bligh |
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9 Sep 1754 | 7 Dec 1817 | In 1800 he completed a major survey of Dublin harbour and recommended that the North Bull Wall should be constructed to prevent sand building up in the mouth of the harbour. He correctly forecast that this would create a natural scouring action that would deepen the river channel, and sand gradually accumulated along the side of the North Bull Wall resulting in the modern Bull Island. | None | [1] |
Bonny | Anne Bonny |
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8 Mar 1697 | 25 Apr 1782 | Pirate | born "Anne Cormac" in Kinsale, County Cork. | [2] |
Brendan | Brendan |
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484 | 16 May 577 | Brendan "the Navigator", a legendary voyager, may have travelled to America. | born in Ciarraighe Luachra (Fenit) in County Kerry, | —
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Brown | William Brown |
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22 Jun 1777 | 3 Mar 1857 | Brown's victories in the Independence War, the Argentina-Brazil War, and the Guerra Grande in Uruguay earned the respect and appreciation of the Argentine people, and today he is regarded as one of Argentina's national heroes. Creator and first admiral of the country's maritime forces, he is commonly known as the "father of the Argentine Navy". | born in Foxford, County Mayo. | [5] [6] [7] [8] |
Byrne | Michael Byrne | —
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1761 | —
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A near-blind fiddler who served in the Royal Navy. His sixth ship, in 1787, was the Bounty under Captain Bligh. He survived the wreck of the Pandora. He was acquitted of the charge of mutiny. He later served under Bligh's nephew, Francis Bond, on the Prompte. | born in Kilkenny | —
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Baugh (Bagh, Bough, Boghe), William (c.1587–1619?), pirate
William Beatty (surgeon) (1773–1842), naval surgeon, was born in Derry,
Bingham | Edward Bingham Bingham, Edward Barry Stewart (1881–1939), rear-admiral, RN, was born 26 July 1881 in Bangor Castle, Co. Down
Henry Blackwood 1770–1832), vice admiral, was born 28 December 1770 at Ballyleidy, Upper Clandeboye Co Down
Browning, Michael (d. 1689), captain of the Mountjoy, whose Christian name occurs in various forms, including Micah, Micaiah, Micaill, and Mihal, is said to have been a native of Derry city,
Thomas Button (died April, 1634) officer of the Royal Navy and explorer engagement at Kinsale in 1601, where he commanded the pinnace Moone. In 1612–13 he led an expedition in search of the north-west passage, explored the west coast of Hudson's Bay and gave his name to Button Bay. He was appointed admiral of the king's ships on the coasts of Ireland, probably in 1614, and apparently for life. His Irish base was Kinsale, where he held command of the fort at Castle Park from 1616, who in 1612–1613 commanded an expedition that unsuccessfully attempted to locate explorer Henry Hudson and to navigate the Northwest Passage
Name | Picture | Born | Died | Notability | Connection | Notes |
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Fought in the Irish Confederate Wars refused amnesty and turned Tory, captured and sold with 300 others to Barbadian planters by Cromwellian forces. With three fellow Irish slaves stole a lugger, while loading sugar, and escaped. Joined L'Olonnois who, in time, appointed Greaves captain of one of his ships, crewed by escaped Irish slaves. He captured Margarita and looted a fortune in pearls. He retired but was arrested and sentenced to hang. He escaped after an earthquake and went whaling. Eventually he did retire, became respectable and died of natural old age.
Michael Joyce (MP) sailor & mp