Dick Dowdell
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·Dec 10, 2020

Sorry, the man shot was the admiral commanding a fleet the Dolphin was in, John Byng, not the Dolphin's captain.

The first captain of the HMS Dolphin was court marshaled and shot.¹ When the king tells you to bring a ship to battle, you’d best bring a ship to battle.

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