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British explorer, cartographer and naval officer famous for his pioneering voyages in the Pacific Ocean to New Zealand, Australia, and Hawaii. Great Britain: Yes Yes 1728 1779 Cooper, Thomas. 19th-century American maritime pilot best known for piloting battleships built at the Boston Navy Yard on their initial seatrials. United States: 1833 1906
This page is a list of famous ships and sailors of the Royal Navy. The list is composed of famous sailors of the Royal Navy e.g. Horatio Nelson. The list also includes people who are famous and have served with the Royal Navy at some point e.g. Alec Guinness. This list also includes ships that have become famous in their own right, e.g. Mary Rose.
William Bolton (Royal Navy officer, died 1817) Charles George Bonner; William Booth (Royal Navy officer) Maurice Bourke; Peter Bover; Richard Bowen (Royal Navy officer) Robert Boyle-Walsingham; Edward Boys (Royal Navy officer) William Boys (Royal Navy officer) Edward Braye; Edward Pelham Brenton; James Brisbane; David Brodie (Royal Navy officer)
Thomas, Lord Cochrane, as he himself became in October 1778, had six brothers. Two served with distinction in the military: William Erskine Cochrane of the 15th Dragoons, who served under Sir John Moore in the Peninsular War and reached the rank of major; and Archibald Cochrane, who became a captain in the Navy.
Richard Cayley (Royal Navy officer) August Cayzer; Sir Gerald Chadwyck-Healey, 2nd Baronet; Charles Chadwyck-Healey; Roger Chapman (submariner) James Charles (sea captain) Apsley Cherry-Garrard; John Chichester (died 1569) Fletcher Christian; Hugh Clapperton; Dave Clarke (musician) Douglas Clarke (conductor) John Clarkson (abolitionist) Sir ...
Captain Frederic John Walker, CB, DSO & Three Bars (3 June 1896 – 9 July 1944) (his first name is given as Frederick in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography [1] and some London Gazette entries) was a British Royal Navy officer noted for his exploits during the Second World War.
Captain George Edward Hunt, DSO & Bar, DSC & Bar (4 July 1916 – 16 August 2011) was a highly decorated Royal Navy submarine commander during the Second World War. While commanding HMS Ultor, he became the British submarine commander with the greatest number of sinkings of enemy vessels to his name, though David Wanklyn achieved sinkings of greater tonnage. [1]
This is a list of senior officers of the Royal Navy (or more precisely a list of lists of the holders of certain senior positions in the Royal Navy). Lord Admirals of England 1385 –1628, 1638 –1708