Grigory Andreevich Spiridov (1713-1790)

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Grigory Andreevich Spiridov

NationalityRussian
RolesNaval Sailor
Date of Birth1713CSORN
First Known Service1713CSORN
Last Known Service1790CSORN
Date of Death1790

Event History

Date from	Event	Source
1760	Sviatoi Dmitrii Rostovskii (100) 1758-1772 Russian 100 Gun 1st Rate Ship of the Line , Captain, and Commanding Officer	W029
1761	Sviatoi Andrei Pervozvannyy (80) 1758-1780 Russian 80 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Unknown, and Commanding Officer	RWAS
1762	Sviatoi Kliment Papa Rimskii (80) 1758-1780 Russian 80 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral,	RWAS
1769	Sviatoi Evstafii Plakida (66) 1763-1770 Russian 66 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , as Flag Officer, Admiral,	W042
1788	Rear-Admiral
26.8.1789	Dvenadtsat Apostolov (100) 1788-1802 Russian 100 Gun 1st Rate Ship of the Line , as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral,	W044

Notes on Officer

Brief notes
He was a naval commander, admiral. During Russian-Turkish War 1768-1774 he commanded (since 1769) the squadron in the Mediterranean Sea. He won the victory of Chesmen battle (1770). In 1771-1773 he commanded the Russian Fleet in Archipelago. He founded the basis for fleet tactics of maneuver.

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

CSORNDavid Bonner-Smith, Robert L. DiNardo, David Syrett, Web Site

RWASEduard Sozaev, John Tredrea, Book

W029Richard Couture, Web Site

W042Unknown, Web Site

W044 Web Site

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