• Admiral Sir Richard Lee KCB KTS (c. 1765 – 5 August 1837) was a prominent officer of the British Royal Navy who served in the American Revolutionary War...
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    Supply officer was a specialisation in the British Royal Navy which has recently been superseded by the Logistics Officer, recognising the need to align...
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  • After education at the Western Grammar School, Brompton, he entered the Royal Navy in 1841. Saumarez as a midshipman served on the east coast of South America...
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  • aka Richard Napoleon Thornton Richie Lee (born 1959), Irish Gaelic footballer Richard Lee (Royal Navy officer) (c. 1765–1837), British admiral Richard Borshay...
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  • admiral Phillip Lee Jr., American chaplain and rear admiral Richard Lee (Royal Navy officer) (1765−1837), British admiral Robert C. Lee (1888−1971), rear...
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    Admiral of the Fleet is a five-star naval officer rank and the highest rank of the Royal Navy, formally established in 1688. The five-star NATO rank code...
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  • Australians who have attained admiral rank within the Royal Australian Navy (RAN); that is, officers who have held the rank of admiral (four-star rank),...
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  • Richard Griffith (died 7 August 1719) was a British Royal Navy captain. Griffith is said by Charnock to have been the son of Richard Griffith, a captain...
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  • Admiral Richard Laird Warren (1806 – 29 July 1875) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, The Nore. Born the son of Admiral Frederick...
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    Future planning of the Royal Navy's capabilities is set through periodic Defence Reviews carried out by the British Government. In July 2024, the newly...
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    and children now known as the Pinjarra massacre. Stirling entered the Royal Navy at age 12 and as a midshipman saw action in the Napoleonic Wars. Rapid...
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  • Sir Richard Munden (1640–1680) was a Commodore in the Royal Navy. He was the elder son of Sir Richard Munden (1602–1672) of Chelsea; the younger son was...
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    Graham Moore GCB, GCMG (1764 – 25 November 1843) was a Royal Navy officer. As a junior officer he took part in the Great Siege of Gibraltar during the...
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    Sir Charles Saunders KB (c. 1715 – 7 December 1775) was a British Royal Navy officer. He commanded the fourth-rate HMS Gloucester and led her in action...
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    The rank of admiral is currently the highest rank to which an officer in the Royal Navy can be promoted, admiral of the fleet being used nowadays only...
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    James Richard Dacres (22 August 1788 – 4 December 1853) was an officer of the Royal Navy who saw service during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic...
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    Commander James Spratt born in Dublin (1771–1853), was an officer in the Royal Navy and became known as one of the heroes of the Battle of Trafalgar....
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  • Edward Legge FRS (1710 – 19 September 1747) was an officer of the Royal Navy who achieved a distinction when he was returned as Member of Parliament for...
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  • The Royal Navy was an important component of the Allied forces during the Second World War and made a significant contribution to the victory over the...
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    The professional head of the Royal Navy is known as the First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff (1SL/CNS). There are presently two senior subordinates...
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    Sir James Scott, KCB (18 June 1790 – 2 March 1872), was a British Royal Navy officer. He served in the Napoleonic Wars, the War of 1812, and the First...
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    The history of the Royal Navy reached an important juncture in 1707, when the Act of Union merged the kingdoms of England and Scotland into the Kingdom...
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  • Richard Moore (Irish lawyer) (1783–1857), Irish lawyer and judge Richard Moore (sailor) (1910–2005), American sailor Dick Moore (Royal Navy officer)...
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  • The history of the Royal Canadian Navy goes back to 1910, when the naval force was created as the Naval Service of Canada and renamed a year later by...
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  • James Mangles FRS FRGS (1786 – 18 November 1867) was an officer of the Royal Navy, naturalist, horticulturalist and writer. He served during the French...
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    Richard James Meade, 4th Earl of Clanwilliam, GCB, KCMG (3 October 1832 – 4 August 1907), styled Lord Gillford until 1879, was a Royal Navy officer....
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  • sister of Prime Minister Sir Robert Walpole. Townshend served in the Royal Navy and, having been promoted to post captain on 30 January 1739, he was given...
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    British Royal Navy. He was born in Devonshire, England, the second son of Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, 5th Baronet (1714–1782). He entered the Royal Navy at an...
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  • Pepys Rawlins, KBE, FRCP, FRAeS (12 May 1922 – 27 July 2011) was a Royal Navy officer and pioneer in the field of diving medicine. Rawlins was the son of...
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    Nigerian Navy. Retrieved 28 May 2020. "Mellersh, Air Vice-Marshal Francis Richard Lee, (30 July 1922–19 Dec. 1996), Air Officer Flying and Officer Training...
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