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COMMANDER // 1766–1828

Thomas Thompson

rear admiralUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland1 battle1 war

Lifespan

1766 – 1828

177017801790180018101820French Revolutionary Wars · 1792-1802Action of 18 August 1798 — August 18, 1798 · Great Britain · French Revolutionary Wars

Active service 1798 — 1 battle across 1 war; first command at age 32.

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Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Boulden Thompson, 1st Baronet, GCB was a Royal Navy officer who served in the American Revolutionary War, French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. One of Nelson's band of brothers at the Battle of the Nile in 1798, he served as Comptroller of the Navy from 1806 to 1816.

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Battles (1)

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