Excerpt from Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain, Vol. 8 of 8 They deserted her, and she was burnt the next day, by order of Admiral Matthews. Hawke was tried for disobedience of orders in quitting the line, and it being indisputable that he had done so, he was broke, but was immediately afterwards restored to his rank by order of His Majesty. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.