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John Deane

English officer of the Navy of the Russian Empire

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Also known as John Dean · Yan Dean · Captain John Deane

Born: 1679
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1.Stated in Open LibraryRetrieved 2017-10-09
2.Stated in Faceted Application of Subject TerminologyRetrieved 2017-10-09
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Died: August 18, 1761
Birthplace: Nottingham
Place of death: Nottinghamshire
Citizenship: Kingdom of England
, Kingdom of Great Britain
Occupation: military personnel

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Captain John Deane was an English sailor with a long career in the Royal Navy and Russian Navy. He rose to the rank of captain in the Royal Navy, commanding in the Capture of Gibraltar. Deane later commanded a trading vessel, the Nottingham Galley, shipwrecked on Boon Island in 1710. Deane spent 1714–1721 in service with the Tsar Peter the Great commanding a Russian naval ship. He then worked in Flanders as British Consul to the Port of Ostend until 1736, when he retired to his native Wilford, Nottingham. He died in 1761 from injuries in a violent assault. His wife died on the next day.

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Sex or gender: male
Given name: John
Name in native language: John Dean (Deane)
Family name: Dean
Allegiance: Russian Empire

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