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Thomas Byam Martin

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British Royal Navy officer (1773-1854)

PoliticiansLived 1773 to 1854 · aged 81
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Admiral of the Fleet Sir Thomas Byam Martin, was a Royal Navy officer and politician. As captain of fifth-rate HMS Fisgard he took part in a duel with the French ship Immortalité and captured her at the Battle of Tory Island during the French Revolutionary Wars.

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The capture of the French ship Immortalité (left) by the fifth-rate HMS Fisgard commanded by Martin (right)The capture of the French ship Immortalité (left) by the fifth-rate HMS Fisgard commanded by Martin (right)A snuff box owned by MartinA snuff box owned by Martin

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Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath

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Admiral of the Fleet Sir Thomas Byam Martin, was a Royal Navy officer and politician. As captain of fifth-rate HMS Fisgard he took part in a duel with the French ship Immortalité and captured her at the Battle of Tory Island during the French Revolutionary Wars. Then while in command of the third-rate HMS Implacable in the Baltic Sea and attached to the Swedish Navy he took part in the capture the Russian ship Sewolod (Vsevolod) during the Napoleonic Wars. During the French invasion of Russia, Martin commanded British naval squadron supporting Russian defenders in the siege of Riga.

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Lived 1773 to 1854 · aged 81
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