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About John Cooke
Captain John Cooke was a Royal Navy officer who served in the American War of Independence and French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Cooke is best known for his death in hand-to-hand combat with French forces during the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. During the action, his ship HMS Bellerophon was badly damaged and boarded by sailors and marines from the French ship of the line Aigle. Cooke was killed in the ensuing melee, but his crew successfully drove off their opponents and ultimately forced the surrender of Aigle.
Everything about John Cooke →- Occupation
- naval officer
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- February 17, 1762, 1763
- Died
- October 21, 1805