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Sir Manley Dixon | |
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_-_BHC2660_-_Royal_Museums_Greenwich.jpg) Dixon as a vice-admiral | |
| Born | January 3, 1757 |
| Died | February 8, 1837 (aged 80)[1] Exmouth, Devon |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/ |  Royal Navy |
| Commands | South America Station Plymouth Command |
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| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |
Admiral Sir Manley Dixon, KCB (3 January 1757; 8 February 1837)[1] was a prominent Royal Navy officer during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Born into a military family in the late 1750s or early 1760s, Dixon joined the Navy and served as a junior officer in the American Revolutionary War[citation needed], gaining an independent command in the last year of the war. Promoted to captain seven years later[citation needed], Dixon then served in the French Revolutionary Wars in the Channel Fleet and off Ireland until 1798, when he gained command of the 64-gun HMS Lion with the Mediterranean Fleet. Employed in the blockade of Cartagena, on 15 July 1798 Lion fought four Spanish frigates and successfully captured one, Santa Dorothea.[citation needed] Transferred to the Siege of Malta later the same year, Dixon remained off the island for two years, capturing the French ship of the line Guillaume Tell at the action of 31 March 1800.[citation needed] After the Peace of Amiens, Dixon remained in various active commands but saw no action and later retired, advancing to a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath and a full admiral.
- ^ a b "Sir Manley Dixon (1757-1838)". Three Decks' Forum. Retrieved 31 July 2022.