Английская Википедия:Francis William Kennedy

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox military person Admiral Francis William Kennedy, Шаблон:Postnominals (15 December 1862 – 11 July 1939) was a Royal Navy officer.[1][2][3]

The son of Robert Kennedy, Lord Lieutenant of Kildare, he entered the Royal Navy in January 1876. He participated in the Anglo-Egyptian War and punitive expeditions in Africa.[1]

Kennedy assumed command of the battlecruiser Шаблон:HMS in 1912. He participated in the pursuit of Goeben and Breslau in 1914 and the Battle of Jutland in 1916.[1]

A West African flag he brought back from the Benin Expedition of 1897 is in the collection of the National Maritime Museum in London,[4] as is a personal flag of Itsekiri chief and trader Nana Olumu.[5]

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