Charles Penrose (Royal Navy officer)
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Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Vinicombe Penrose KCB KCMG (20 June 1759 – 1 January 1830) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet.
For other people with the same name, see Charles Penrose (disambiguation).
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Sir Charles Penrose | |
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Born | 20 June 1759 Penryn, Cornwall |
Died | 1 January 1830 (1830-02) (aged 70) Lostwithiel, Cornwall |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | Royal Navy |
Rank | Vice admiral |
Commands held | HMS Lynx HMS Cleopatra HMS Resolution HMS Sans Pareil HMS Carnatic Mediterranean Fleet |
Battles/wars | Fourth Anglo-Dutch War French Revolutionary Wars Napoleonic Wars |
Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George |
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