Note 87 — A Cruising VOYAGE Round the WORLD, Begun August 1. 1708. and Finished October 14. 1711.
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Rear-Admiral Sir George Saunders, born about 1671. Entered R.N. 1689. Present at the Battle of La Hogue. With Rooke at Cadiz & Vigo. Appointed to the Shoreham in 1705 and continued in her till 1710, cruising in the Irish Sea. Captain of the Barfleur in defeat of the Spanish fleet off Cape Passaro. Knighted 1720 and afterwards a Commissioner of the Navy. Died 5 Dec. 1734.