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Sir Francis Drake (c. 1540 – 28 January 1596) ... Drake's burial at sea off Portobello (artistic licence - he was in fact buried in a coffin).
Drake's Assault on Panama also known as the Defence of Panama was a military event that took place in January 1596 during the Anglo–Spanish War.An English expedition under the command of Francis Drake and Thomas Baskerville attacked the Spanish Main via Nombre de Dios in order to cross the isthmus of Panama. [5]
Francis Drake (1540–1596), English privateer buried with two ships off the coast of Portobelo after his failed invasion of Panama; George Duff (1764–1805), Royal Navy admiral buried at sea after being killed in the Battle of Trafalgar. Frank Watson Dyson (1868–1939), British Astronomer Royal buried at sea during voyage between Australia ...
Burial at sea for two casualties of a Japanese submarine attack on the US aircraft carrier USS Liscome Bay, November 1943. Burial at sea is the disposal of human remains in the ocean, normally from a ship, boat or aircraft. It is regularly performed by navies, and is done by private citizens in many countries.
English: Sir Francis Henry Drake Bt (1794) By John Bacon -signed 'Linearly descended from the naval warrior of the 16th century' He was uncle of Lord Heathfield.
The 87-year-old pontiff – who turns 88 next month – enacted a new set of liturgical rites aimed at modernizing the Catholic Church that scraps lengthy, garish funeral practices his ...
The Battle of Cartagena de Indias (1586) or the Capture of Cartagena de Indias was a military and naval action fought on 9–11 February 1586, of the recently declared Anglo-Spanish War that resulted in the assault and capture by English soldiers and sailors of the Spanish colony city of Cartagena de Indias (now part of Colombia) governed by Pedro de Bustos on the Spanish Main.
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