Sir Alexander Milne, 1st Baronet

Herausgegeben:Surhone, Lambert M.; Timpledon, Miriam T.; Marseken, Susan F.

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Admiral of the Fleet Sir Alexander Milne, 1st Baronet, GCB (10 November 1806 29 December 1896) was a Royal Navy admiral, the second son of the Scot Admiral Sir David Milne. He entered the Royal Naval College, 8 February 1817. In 1819 he was serving in his father''s flagship HMS Leander, on the North American station. Over the next few years he served in Conway, Ramillies, Ganges and Albion. In June 1827 he was an acting Lieutenant in Cadmus on the Brazilian station, and was promoted to substantive Lieutenant on 8 September of that year. Promoted to Commander, 25 November 1830. Commander in Snake, in the West Indies, 1836. Captain, 30 January 1839, commanding Crocodile in North America and the West Indies until November 1841, with a brief spell from November 1840 to March 1841 as Captain of Cleopatra. He was Flag-captain in Caledonia to his father, the Commander-in-Chief at Plymouth from 27 April 1842 to April 1845 and Flag-captain to Sir Charles Ogle at Portsmouth from 7 October 1846 to December 1847.

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• Verlag: Betascript Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 80
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm
• ISBN-13: 9786130901547
• ISBN-10: 6130901542
• Artikelnr.: 29906729