For the American naturalist (1871–1957), see Edward Alexander Preble.
Edward Preble
Born
(1761-08-15)August 15, 1761 Falmouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America
Died
August 25, 1807(1807-08-25) (aged 46) Portland, Massachusetts, US
Allegiance
United States of America Massachusetts
Service/branch
United States Navy Massachusetts Navy
Years of service
1798–1804
Rank
Commodore
Commands held
USS Pickering
USS Essex
USS Constitution
Battles/wars
Revolutionary War
Quasi War
First Barbary War
Awards
Congressional Gold Medal
Spouse(s)
Mary Deering
Signature
Edward Preble (August 15, 1761 – August 25, 1807) was a United States naval officer who served with great distinction during the 1st Barbary War, leading American attacks on the city of Tripoli and forming the officer corps that would later lead the U.S. Navy in the War of 1812.
EdwardPreble (August 15, 1761 – August 25, 1807) was a United States naval officer who served with great distinction during the 1st Barbary War, leading...
Preble may refer to: EdwardPreble (1761–1807), U.S. naval officer Edward Alexander Preble (1871–1957), American naturalist and conservationist George...
American Revolution. He was the father of EdwardPreble, after whom Preble Street in Portland and Fort Preble in South Portland are named. "Collections...
commanded Preble, "Send your boat on board." Preble was now devoid of all patience and exclaimed, "This is United States ship Constitution, 44 guns, Edward Preble...
been at war with the Tripolitans since 1800. On 31 May 1801, Commodore EdwardPreble traveled to Messina, Sicily, to the court of King Ferdinand IV of the...
Tripolitania. Commodore EdwardPreble had assumed command of the U.S. Mediterranean Squadron in 1803. By October of that year Preble had begun a blockade...
seafaring family; his father was sea captain Enoch Preble, whose brother was the noted Commodore EdwardPreble. George entered the Navy as a midshipman on December...
the Barbary Wars (1800–1815). A US Navy expedition under Commodore EdwardPreble engaged gunboats and fortifications in Tripoli in 1804. A British diplomatic...
Portland, Maine. The building, which replaced Preble House (a successor to the mansion of Commodore EdwardPreble), is named after a large three-sided four-element...
was named in honor of Commodore EdwardPreble, who led a squadron of American warships during the Barbary Wars. Preble died in Portland in 1807 and is...
an old and once distinguished family" from Boston. His parents were EdwardPreble Deacon (1813–1851) and Sarah Annabella (née Parker) Deacon (1821–1900)...
Preble's boys: Commodore Preble and the birth of American sea power, Sloane; original: Univ. Michigan. p. 419, Book (snippit view) Preble, Edward, (1800)...
(Continental Navy officer and first flag officer of the United States Navy), EdwardPreble James Lawrence (whose last words "don't give up the ship" are memorialized...
by a French privateer. "Francis" was Captained by Joshua Preble, Lieutenant EdwardPreble's brother. Pickering was permanently transferred to the Navy...
and France. The newly expanded fort, now called Fort Preble, was named after Commodore EdwardPreble. Fort Prevel was established as a Second System Fort...
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