William Hutcheon Hall
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Admiral Sir William Hutcheon Hall, KCB, FRS (c. 1797 – 25 June 1878), was a British Royal Navy officer. He served in the First Anglo-Chinese War and Crimean War. He was one of the first British officers to make a thorough study of steam engines. In China, he commanded the iron steamship Nemesis of the East India Company. Although it was not officially commissioned as a Royal Navy warship, the Admiralty enabled Hall to count his time in the Nemesis as if he had served in one of Her Majesty's Ships.
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William Hutcheon Hall | |
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Nickname(s) | Nemesis Hall |
Born | c. 1797 Berwick, Northumberland, England |
Died | 25 June 1878 (aged 80–81) Kensington, London, England |
Buried | St Lawrence's Church, England |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | Royal Navy |
Years of service | 1811–1866 |
Rank | Admiral |
Wars | First Anglo-Chinese War Crimean War |
Awards | China War Medal (1843) Fellow of the Royal Society (1847) Companion of the Order of the Bath (1855) Baltic Medal (1856) Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (1867) |
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