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COMMANDER // 1737–1821

Richard Rodney Bligh

admiralUnited Kingdom1 battle1 war

Lifespan

1737 – 1821

175017751800French Revolutionary Wars · 1792-1802Action of 6 November 1794 — November 6, 1794 · Great Britain · French Revolutionary Wars

Active service 1794 — 1 battle across 1 war; first command at age 57.

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Admiral Sir Richard Rodney Bligh, GCB was a Royal Navy officer who served in the American War of Independence and French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Eventually rising to the rank of admiral, he served as Commander-in-Chief, Jamaica Station and Commander-in-Chief, Leith.

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Battles (1)

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