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Military units

Royal Navy

Navy · United Kingdom · from 1546 · 32,520 strong

Fought in Anglo-Ashanti wars Wikipedia

Sub-units 5

People who served 145

John Byng Admiral · 1718–1757 John Byron Vice Admiral · 1731–present Sir John Borlase Warren, 1st Baronet Admiral · 1771–1799 Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth Vice Admiral · 1771–present Sidney Smith Admiral of the Red · 1777–present Thomas Cochrane Admiral of the Red · 1780–present Sir George Cockburn, 10th Baronet Admiral of the Fleet · 1781–present Salusbury Pryce Humphreys Rear-Admiral of the White · 1790–present Sir William Hoste, 1st Baronet Captain · 1793–present James Richard Dacres Rear-Admiral of the Red · 1796–present James Dundas Rear-Admiral of the White · 1799–present Daniel Pring Captain · 1800–present Edmund Lyons, 1st Baron Lyons Vice Admiral · 1801–present Henry Worsley Hill Commander · 1810–present Adolphus Slade Vice Admiral · 1815–present Robert FitzRoy Vice Admiral · 1819–present Augustus Leopold Kuper Admiral · 1823–present John French 1866–1870 John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe Admiral of the Fleet · 1872–1919 David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty Admiral of the Fleet · 1884–1927 John Cunningham Admiral of the Fleet · 1900–1948 Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke 1902–1908 Prince Philip 1939–present Rosslyn Wemyss, 1st Baron Wester Wemyss Admiral of the Fleet William IV Admiral of the Fleet Robert Heriot Barclay Commander Lord Mountbatten Admiral of the Fleet Henry Leach Admiral of the Fleet Henry Mowat Sandy Woodward Admiral George V George VI George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney Admiral Roger Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes Admiral of the Fleet Nigel Lawson Cuthbert Collingwood Vice Admiral Thomas Graves, 1st Baron Graves Admiral Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt, 1st Baronet Admiral of the Fleet Julian Thompson John Fieldhouse, Baron Fieldhouse Admiral of the Fleet Charles III Christopher Cradock Admiral Brian Young Chris Wreford-Brown Captain George Downie Captain Michael Clapp Commodore James Dutton William Wedgwood Benn, 1st Viscount Stansgate Keith Mills George Collier Vice Admiral Edward Hobart Seymour Admiral of the Fleet Alexander Cochrane Admiral Philip Broke Rear Admiral Richard Pearson Sir Francis Samuel Drake, 1st Baronet Rear Admiral Horatio Nelson Vice Admiral James Callaghan Lieutenant Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor Vice Admiral Hyde Parker Admiral Prince George, Duke of Kent Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark Timothy Laurence Vice Admiral Charles Napier Vice-Admiral of the Blue Prince Andrew Romanoff Seaman David Mountbatten, 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven Lieutenant Prince Michael of Kent Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe Admiral of the Fleet George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven Captain John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent Admiral Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan Admiral Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma Sub-lieutenant Sir Peter Parker, 1st Baronet Admiral of the Fleet William, Prince of Wales Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope Admiral Alexander Ramsay (Royal Navy officer) Admiral Prince Nicholas of Romania Admiral Dudley Pound Admiral of the Fleet Prince Louis of Battenberg Admiral of the Fleet James Lucas Yeo Post-captain Richard Saunders Dundas Captain Sir Charles Thompson, 1st Baronet Vice Admiral Sir William Howe Mulcaster Corvette Captain William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock Admiral Robert St Vincent Sherbrooke Rear Admiral George Rooke Admiral of the Fleet Sir Hyde Parker, 5th Baronet Vice Admiral Robert Burnett Admiral Josias Rowley Admiral Thomas Davey Edward Cooke Post-captain Charles Cornewall Vice Admiral Richard Lestock Admiral William Boyle, 12th Earl of Cork Admiral of the Fleet John Leach Captain W. A. G. Young Sir Robert Kingsmill, 1st Baronet Admiral George Lambert Admiral Thomas Mathews Admiral Josiah Wedgwood, 1st Baron Wedgwood George Johnstone Henry Harvey Vice Admiral Robert Blake Admiral John Pitcairn Mariot Arbuthnot Admiral Home Riggs Popham Rear Admiral George Byng, 1st Viscount Torrington Admiral Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood Admiral Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke Admiral of the Fleet James Saumarez, 1st Baron de Saumarez Admiral George Elphinstone Admiral Sir Richard Strachan, 6th Baronet Admiral Lloyd Mathews Peter Warren Vice Admiral Harold Burrough Admiral Robert Sturges George Pocock Admiral Andrew Mitchell Admiral Archibald Cochrane Captain Arthur Salter, 1st Baron Salter George Anson, 1st Baron Anson Admiral Charles Mitchell Cecil Burney Admiral of the Fleet Edmund Moubray Lyons Captain Edward Neville Syfret Admiral George Montagu Admiral William Hobson Commander James Wallace Admiral Manley Dixon Admiral Edward Boscawen Admiral Sir John Duckworth, 1st Baronet Admiral Edward Vernon Admiral of the White Bertram Home Ramsay Admiral Arthur Wakefield James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier Admiral of the Fleet Harry Rawson Admiral Ralph Kerr Captain Roger Curtis Vice Admiral Sir Samuel Cornish, 1st Baronet Vice Admiral Prince Rupert of the Rhine General Lancelot Holland Admiral Samuel Inglefield Rear Admiral John de Robeck Admiral Samuel Barrington Admiral James Somerville Admiral William Brown

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