Richard Grenville

Richard Grenville
Richard Grenville

Sir Richard Grenville, also spelt Greynvile, Greeneville, and Greenfield, was an English sailor who, as captain of Revenge, died at the Battle of Flores (1591), fighting against overwhelming odds, and refusing to surrender his ship to the far more numerous Spanish. His ship, Revenge, met 53 Spanish warships near Flores in the Azores. He and his crew fought the fifty three in a three-day running battle. Many Spanish ships were sunk or so badly damaged that they had to retire from the battle. Revenge was boarded three times and each time the boarders were seen off.

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Birth Place
United Kingdom, England
Date of Death
September 10th, 1591
Died Aged
-378
Star Sign
Gemini
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