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Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Rooke (1650 – 24 January 1709) was an English naval officer. As a junior officer he saw action at the Battle of Solebay and again at the Battle of Schooneveld during the Third Anglo-Dutch War. As a captain, he conveyed Prince William of Orange to England and took part in the Battle of Bantry Bay during the Williamite War in Ireland. As a flag officer, Rooke commanded a division of the Royal Navy during their defeat at the Battle of Beachy Head. He also commanded a division at the Battle of Barfleur and distinguished himself at the Battle of La Hogue. He was later defeated while escorting a convoy at the Battle of Lagos. Rooke commanded the unsuccessful allied expedition against Cádiz but on the passage home he destroyed the Spanish treasure fleet at the Battle of Vigo Bay in the opening stages of the War of the Spanish Succession. He also commanded the allied naval forces at the capture of Gibraltar and attacked the French fleet at the Battle of Málaga. ==Early career== Born the son of Colonel Sir William Rooke and Jane Rooke (née Finch), Rooke joined the Royal Navy as a volunteer in 1672.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=George Rooke )〕 Promoted to lieutenant later in the year, he was appointed to the first-rate HMS ''London'', flagship of Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Spragge, and saw action when a combined British and French fleet was surprised and attacked by the Dutch, led by Admiral Michiel de Ruyter, at the Battle of Solebay off the Suffolk coast in May 1672 during the Third Anglo-Dutch War. He transferred to the first-rate HMS ''Royal Prince'', flagship of the Duke of York, in 1673 and saw action again at the Battle of Schooneveld in June 1673.〔 Promoted to captain on 13 November 1673, Rooke was given command of the sixth-rate HMS ''Holmes'' and was deployed on convoy duties. After a period of service in the Army, Rooke transferred to the command of the fifth-rate HMS ''Nonsuch'' in April 1677 and conveyed Prince William of Orange to England in October 1677. He transferred to the fourth-rate HMS ''Hampshire'' in the Mediterranean in July 1680 to the fourth-rate HMS ''St David'' in the English Channel April 1683 and to the fourth-rate HMS ''Deptford'' in the Mediterranean in April 1688. In ''Deptford'' he saw action at the Battle of Bantry Bay in May 1689 when a French fleet tried to land troops in Southern Ireland to fight against Prince William during the Williamite War in Ireland.〔 In August the same year he cleared Belfast Lough of French shipping, allowing Marshal Schomberg's force to land in Ulster where they successfully laid siege to Carrickfergus and advanced south to Dundalk Camp.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George Rooke」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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