Benbow

[ ben-boh ]

/ ˈbɛnˌboʊ /

John,1653–1702, English admiral.

Example sentences from the Web for benbow

Stevenson haunts the gloomy inlet where the Admiral Benbow stood and where old Pew came tapping in the night.

Wappin' Wharf |Charles S. Brooks
I think I never saw a man in such a passion of anger as Mr. Benbow was then.

Humphrey Bold |Herbert Strang
Captain Benbow just then made his appearance, and at once issued the order to bring the ship to the wind.

Roger Willoughby |William H. G. Kingston
Captain Benbow, who was on board, received him cordially, and expressed his satisfaction at seeing him return so punctually.

Roger Willoughby |William H. G. Kingston

His captains refused to obey orders and Benbow was unable to win the battle.

Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 |Charles Herbert Sylvester

Benbow

/ (ˈbɛnbəʊ) /

John . 1653–1702, English admiral, noted esp for his heroic death during the War of the Spanish Succession