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Anthony Hoskins

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Admiral Sir Anthony Hiley Hoskins, (1 September 1828 – 21 June 1901) was a Royal Navy officer. [1]

65 relations: Admiral, Admiral (Royal Navy), Aide-de-camp, Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Anglo-Egyptian War, Australia Station, Battle of Canton (1857), Battle of Taku Forts (1858), Battleship, Beauchamp Seymour, 1st Baron Alcester, Bombardment of Alexandria, Broad pennant, Cape of Good Hope Station, Captain (Royal Navy), Channel Fleet, Commander, Commander-in-Chief, China, Commodore (Royal Navy), Corvette, Dorking, Fifth-rate, First Sea Lord, Flag officer, Fourth Sea Lord, Fourth-rate, Frederick Richards, George Tryon, Gunboat, HMS Camperdown (1885), HMS Castor (1832), HMS Conway (1832), HMS Hecate (1839), HMS Pearl (1855), HMS Plumper (1848), HMS President (1829), HMS Sultan (1870), HMS Wolverine (1863), HMS Zebra (1860), Ironclad warship, James Graham Goodenough, John Edmund Commerell, John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, John Wilson (Royal Navy officer), Lieutenant, Mediterranean Fleet, North America and West Indies Station, North Perrott, Order of the Bath, Order of the Medjidie, Pacific Station, ..., Queen Victoria, Rear admiral, Richard Vesey Hamilton, Royal Navy, Screw sloop, Second Opium War, Second Sea Lord, Sixth-rate, Sloop, Somerset, Surrey, Vice admiral, West Africa Squadron, Winchester College, Xhosa Wars. Expand index (15 more) »

Admiral

Admiral is one of the highest ranks in some navies, and in many navies is the highest rank.

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Admiral (Royal Navy)

Admiral is a senior rank of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom, which equates to the NATO rank code OF-9, outranked only by the rank admiral of the fleet.

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Aide-de-camp

An aide-de-camp (French expression meaning literally helper in the military camp) is a personal assistant or secretary to a person of high rank, usually a senior military, police or government officer, a member of a royal family, or a head of state.

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Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Alfred (Alfred Ernest Albert; 6 August 184430 July 1900) reigned as Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 1893 to 1900.

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Anglo-Egyptian War

The Anglo-Egyptian War (al-āḥalāl al-Brīṭānnī al-Miṣr) occurred in 1882 between Egyptian and Sudanese forces under Ahmed ‘Urabi and the United Kingdom.

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Australia Station

The Australia Station was the British, and later Australian, naval command responsible for the waters around the Australian continent.

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Battle of Canton (1857)

The Battle of Canton was fought by British and French forces against China on 28–31 December 1857 during the Second Opium War.

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Battle of Taku Forts (1858)

The First Battle of Taku Forts was the first invasion of the Anglo-French alliance against the Taku Forts along the Hai River in Tianjin, China, on 20 May 1858, during the Second Opium War.

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Battleship

A battleship is a large armored warship with a main battery consisting of large caliber guns.

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Beauchamp Seymour, 1st Baron Alcester

Admiral Frederick Beauchamp Paget Seymour, 1st Baron Alcester, (12 April 1821 – 30 March 1895) was a British naval commander.

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Bombardment of Alexandria

The Bombardment of Alexandria in Egypt by the British Mediterranean Fleet took place on 11–13 July 1882.

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Broad pennant

Royal Navy A broad pennant is a triangular swallow-tailed naval pennant flown from the masthead of a warship afloat or a naval headquarters ashore to indicate the presence of either: (a) a Royal Navy officer in the rank of Commodore, or (b) a U.S. Navy Captain serving in a designated Commodore command billet.

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Cape of Good Hope Station

The Cape of Good Hope Station was an operational command of the Royal Navy and one of the geographical divisions into which the British Royal Navy divided its worldwide responsibilities.

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Captain (Royal Navy)

Captain (Capt) is a senior officer rank of the Royal Navy.

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Channel Fleet

The Channel Fleet and originally known as the Channel Squadron was the Royal Navy formation of warships that defended the waters of the English Channel from 1859 to 1909 and 1914 to 1915.

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Commander

Commander is a common naval and air force officer rank.

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Commander-in-Chief, China

The Commander-in-Chief, China was a senior officer position of the British Royal Navy.

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Commodore (Royal Navy)

Commodore (Cdre) is a rank of the Royal Navy above captain and below rear admiral.

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Corvette

A corvette is a small warship.

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Dorking

Dorking is a market town in Surrey, England between Ranmore Common in the North Downs range of hills and Leith Hill in the Greensand Ridge, centred from London.

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Fifth-rate

In the rating system of the British Royal Navy used to categorise sailing warships, a fifth rate was the penultimate class of warships in a hierarchical system of six "ratings" based on size and firepower.

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First Sea Lord

The First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff (1SL/CNS) is the professional head of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy and the whole Naval Service.

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Flag officer

A flag officer is a commissioned officer in a nation's armed forces senior enough to be entitled to fly a flag to mark the position from which the officer exercises command.

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Fourth Sea Lord

The Fourth Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Supplies originally known as the Fourth Naval Lord was formerly one of the Naval Lords and members of the Board of Admiralty which controlled the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom the post is currently known as Chief of Materiel (Fleet).

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Fourth-rate

In the rating system of the British Royal Navy used to categorise sailing warships, a fourth-rate was a ship of the line with 46 to 60 guns mounted.

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Frederick Richards

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Frederick William Richards, (30 November 1833 – 28 September 1912) was a Royal Navy officer.

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George Tryon

Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon, KCB (4 January 1832 – 22 June 1893) was a British admiral who died when his flagship HMS ''Victoria'' collided with HMS ''Camperdown'' during manoeuvres off Tripoli, Lebanon.

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Gunboat

A gunboat is a naval watercraft designed for the express purpose of carrying one or more guns to bombard coastal targets, as opposed to those military craft designed for naval warfare, or for ferrying troops or supplies.

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HMS Camperdown (1885)

HMS Camperdown was an ''Admiral''-class battleship of the Royal Navy, named after Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan of Camperdown.

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HMS Castor (1832)

HMS Castor was a 36-gun fifth rate frigate of the Royal Navy.

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HMS Conway (1832)

HMS Conway was a sixth rate of the Royal Navy, built by Chatham Dockyard and launched on 2 February 1832.

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HMS Hecate (1839)

HMS Hecate was a 4-gun ''Hydra''-class paddle sloop launched on 30 March 1839 from the Chatham Dockyard.

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HMS Pearl (1855)

HMS Pearl was a Pearl-class 21-gun screw corvette of the Royal Navy launched in 1855, displacing 2,187 tons.

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HMS Plumper (1848)

HMS Plumper was an 8-gun wooden screw sloop of the Royal Navy, the fifth and last ship to bear the name.

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HMS President (1829)

HMS President was a large frigate in the British Royal Navy (RN).

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HMS Sultan (1870)

HMS Sultan was a broadside ironclad of the Royal Navy of the Victorian era, who carried her main armament in a central box battery.

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HMS Wolverine (1863)

HMS Wolverine (also HMS Wolverene) was a ''Jason''-class three-masted wooden screw corvette, of the Royal Navy.

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HMS Zebra (1860)

HMS Zebra was the fourth ship to bear the name.

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Ironclad warship

An ironclad is a steam-propelled warship protected by iron or steel armor plates used in the early part of the second half of the 19th century.

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James Graham Goodenough

Commodore James Graham Goodenough (3 December 1830 – 20 August 1875) was an officer in the Royal Navy who went to become Commander-in-Chief, Australia Station.

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John Edmund Commerell

Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Edmund Commerell, (13 January 1829 – 21 May 1901) was a Royal Navy officer.

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John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher

John Arbuthnot Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, (25 January 1841 – 10 July 1920), commonly known as Jacky or Jackie Fisher, was a British admiral known for his efforts at naval reform.

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John Wilson (Royal Navy officer)

Rear Admiral John Crawford Wilson (1834 – 4 July 1885) was a Royal Navy officer who was appointed Commodore in command of the Australia Station.

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Lieutenant

A lieutenant (abbreviated Lt, LT, Lieut and similar) is a junior commissioned officer in the armed forces, fire services, police and other organizations of many nations.

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Mediterranean Fleet

The British Mediterranean Fleet also known as the Mediterranean Station was part of the Royal Navy.

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North America and West Indies Station

The North America and West Indies Station was a formation or command of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy stationed in North American waters from 1745 to 1956.

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North Perrott

North Perrott is a village and civil parish in the South Somerset district of the English county of Somerset.

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Order of the Bath

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (formerly the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath) is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725.

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Order of the Medjidie

Medjidie or Mejidie (Mecidiye Nişanı, August 29, 1852 – 1922) is the name of a military and knightly order of the Ottoman Empire.

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Pacific Station

The Pacific Station, often referred to as the Pacific Squadron, was one of the geographical divisions into which the Royal Navy divided its worldwide responsibilities.

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Queen Victoria

Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death.

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Rear admiral

Rear admiral is a naval commissioned officer rank above that of a commodore (U.S equivalent of Commander) and captain, and below that of a vice admiral.

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Richard Vesey Hamilton

Admiral Sir Richard Vesey Hamilton, (28 May 1829 – 17 September 1912) was a Royal Navy officer.

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force.

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Screw sloop

A screw sloop is a propeller-driven sloop-of-war.

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Second Opium War

The Second Opium War (第二次鴉片戰爭), the Second Anglo-Chinese War, the Second China War, the Arrow War, or the Anglo-French expedition to China, was a war pitting the United Kingdom and the French Empire against the Qing dynasty of China, lasting from 1856 to 1860.

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Second Sea Lord

The Second Sea Lord (2SL) is one of the most senior admirals of the British Royal Navy, responsible for personnel and naval shore establishments.

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Sixth-rate

In the rating system of the British Royal Navy used to categorise sailing warships, a sixth-rate was the designation for small warships mounting between 20 and 28 carriage-mounted guns on a single deck, sometimes with smaller guns on the upper works and sometimes without.

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Sloop

A sloop (from Dutch sloep, in turn from French chaloupe) is a sailing boat with a single mast and a fore-and-aft rig.

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Somerset

Somerset (or archaically, Somersetshire) is a county in South West England which borders Gloucestershire and Bristol to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east and Devon to the south-west.

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Surrey

Surrey is a county in South East England, and one of the home counties.

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Vice admiral

Vice admiral is a senior naval flag officer rank, equivalent to lieutenant general and air marshal.

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West Africa Squadron

The Royal Navy established the West Africa Squadron at substantial expense in 1808 after Parliament passed the Slave Trade Act of 1807.

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Winchester College

Winchester College is an independent boarding school for boys in the British public school tradition, situated in Winchester, Hampshire.

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Xhosa Wars

The Xhosa Wars (also known as the Cape Frontier Wars, or Africa's 100 Years War) were a series of nine wars or flare-ups (from 1779 to 1879) between the Xhosa tribes and European settlers in what is now the Eastern Cape in South Africa.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Hoskins

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