Edward Tyng

Edward Tyng (1683–1755) was a British naval officer who was captain of the batteries and fortifications of Boston and in command of the first Massachusetts man-of-war Prince of Orange (ship) (1740). He was the son-in-law of Cyprian Southack.[1]

Commodore Edward Tyng (1683-1755)

He was the son of Edward Tyng, who, during King William's War, was the commander of Fort Loyal, Fort William Henry and later became Governor of Acadia, only to be taken prisoner in the Naval battle off St. John (1691).[2]

During King George's War he broke the Mi'kmaq militia, French and Acadian sieges of Annapolis Royal in 1744 and again the following year (1745). As commodore of the fleet, Tyng led 13 armed vessels and about 90 transports in the successful Siege of Louisbourg (1745). He participated in the Capture of the Vigilant and the destruction of Port Dauphin (Englishtown, Nova Scotia) in June 1745.[3]

His son was Col William Tyng who was a soldier in the British army.[4][5]

  • Commodore Edward Tyng by Joseph Blackburn
  • Silver Cup presented to Edward Tyng by Boston Merchants for defeating Captain Joannis-Galand d'Olabaratz, the first French privateer off the Boston coast, 24 June 1744[6]
  • Commanded by Tyng - Massachusetts (frigate), Flagship for Siege of Louisbourg, 1745[7]
gollark: Also, the problem with solar panels as the only power source is the existence of night and also bad weather.
gollark: I don't think they're very viable mostly, given the high cost.
gollark: There's also that stupid DRM blob my browser needs for "encrypted media extensions", though I have that turned off.
gollark: I don't think there's open-source firmware available for my... SSD, keyboard, smartcard reader thingy, and whatever else.
gollark: With my actual x86-based computer, I mostly control it, except... lots of the firmware, the intel management engine, and the BIOS.

References
  1. Chapin, Howard M. (1928). Privateering in King Georges̕ War, 1739-1748. E.A. Johnson Company. p. 68.
  2. "Biography – TYNG, EDWARD (fl. 1680-91) – Volume I (1000-1700) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography". www.biographi.ca.
  3. Chapin, Howard M. (1928). Privateering in King Georges̕ War, 1739-1748. E.A. Johnson Company. p. 79.
  4. Goold, William (January 29, 1886). "Portland in the past;". Portland, Me. : Printed for the author by B. Thurston & company – via Internet Archive.
  5. Sabine, Lorenzo (January 29, 1847). "The American loyalists : or, Biographical sketches of adherents to the British crown in the war of the revolution, alphabetically arranged, with a preliminary historical essay". Boston : Little and J. Brown – via Internet Archive.
  6. http://ns1763.ca/bio/7bio-35815-tyng1683.html
  7. Chapin, Howard M. (1928). Privateering in King Georges̕ War, 1739-1748. E.A. Johnson Company. p. 84.

Sources
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.