Andrew Ball (comics)
Andrew Ball may refer to: *Andrew Ball (Royal Navy officer) (died 1653), English navy captain *Andrew Ball (sailor), New Zealand sailor *Andrew Ball (Townsville pioneer) (died 1894), Queensland, Australia *Andrew Ball (curler), 2010 Ontario Men's Curling Championship *Andrew Ball (comics), writer of Marvel CyberComics *Andrew Ball (pianist) (1950–2022) British pianist {{hndis, Ball, Andrew ...
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Andrew Ball (Royal Navy Officer)
Andrew Ball (died 1653) was an English officer of the Royal Navy, Royal and Commonwealth Navy. Life The first official mention of his name is as captain of the ''HMS Adventure (1646), Adventure'' in 1648, when Vice-Admiral William Batten carried part of the fleet over to Holland to join Charles II of England, Charles Stuart, Prince of Wales. Ball was one of those who stayed with George Ayscue, Sir George Ayscue, and who afterwards, on 25 September 1648, signed the refusal to desert. During 1649 he was employed in the English Channel, cruising off the Lizard or Land's End for the safeguard of merchant ships against Piracy, pirates and sea-rovers, and on 21 December was ordered specially to attend to Prince Rupert's movements. In November 1650, still in the Adventure, he was selected to accompany Captain William Penn (Royal Navy officer), Sir William Penn to the Mediterranean, and was on that voyage for nearly sixteen months, arriving in The Downs (ship anchorage), the Downs on 1 A ...
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