Boscawen, Edward, a British admiral, known from his fearlessness as “Old Dreadnought”; distinguished himself in engagements at Puerto Bello, Cathagena, Cape Finisterre, and the Bay of Lagos, where, after a “sea hunt” of 24 hours, he wrecked and ruined a fine French fleet, eager to elude his grasp (1711‒1761).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
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