ABSTRACT
Captain Sir William Hoste, Bt, KCB. He was one of NELSON’S protégés, and a dashing frigate captain, whose victory at Lissa (in the Adriatic) in 1811, was considered to be as brilliant in its way as Trafalgar.
Captain Sir William Hoste, Bt, KCB. He was one of NELSON’S protégés, and a dashing frigate captain, whose victory at Lissa (in the Adriatic) in 1811, was considered to be as brilliant in its way as Trafalgar.