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Cochrane was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 29 November, 1872.<ref>Cochrane Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/735.|}}  f. 29.</ref>
 
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He was appointed in command of {{UK-Tyne|f=p}} in May 1882, vice [[John Edward Stokes|John E. Stokes]], promoted.<ref>''Portsmouth Evening News'' (Wednesday, 24 May 1882), p. 2.</ref> He was superseded and succeeded in command by Commander [[William Eveleigh Darwall|W. E. Darwall]] on 5 January 1885.
  
 
Cochrane was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 31 December, 1884.<ref>Cochrane Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/735.|}}  f. 29.</ref>
 
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Placed on the Retired List on account of age on 21 August, 1896, Cochrane would be promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 22 June, 1899{{FC}}, and then to {{ViceRN}} on 10 February, 1904.<ref>Cochrane Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/735.|}}  f. 29.</ref>
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Placed on the Retired List on account of age on 21 August, 1896, Cochrane would be promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 22 June, 1899<ref>''Army and Navy Gazette'' (Saturday, 1 July 1899), p. 619.</ref>, and then to {{ViceRN}} on 10 February, 1904.<ref>Cochrane Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/735.|}}  f. 29.</ref>
  
 
He died in 1922 of senile decay and heart failure.<ref>Cochrane Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/735.|}}  f. 29.</ref>
 
He died in 1922 of senile decay and heart failure.<ref>Cochrane Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/735.|}}  f. 29.</ref>
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Latest revision as of 00:13, 9 March 2023

Vice-Admiral (retired) Basil Edward Cochrane, (24 August, 1841 – 4 May, 1922) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Cochrane was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 20 December, 1860.[1]

Cochrane was promoted to the rank of Commander on 29 November, 1872.[2]

He was appointed in command of H.M.S. Tyne in May 1882, vice John E. Stokes, promoted.[3] He was superseded and succeeded in command by Commander W. E. Darwall on 5 January 1885.

Cochrane was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1884.[4]

Placed on the Retired List on account of age on 21 August, 1896, Cochrane would be promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 22 June, 1899[5], and then to Vice-Admiral on 10 February, 1904.[6]

He died in 1922 of senile decay and heart failure.[7]

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Arthur H. Alington 		Captain of H.M.S. Britomart
10 Dec, 1869[8][9] – 29 Nov, 1872[10] 		Succeeded by
William H. Richards
Preceded by
Charles C. Drury 		Captain of H.M.S. Bellerophon
30 Apr, 1892[11] – 4 Jul, 1893[12] 		Succeeded by
Arthur P. James
Preceded by
Charles B. Theobald 		Captain of H.M.S. Rupert
5 Jul, 1893[13] 		Succeeded by
Lionel A. W. Barnes-Lawrence
Preceded by
William F. S. Mann 		Captain of H.M.S. Galatea
22 Jul, 1895[14][15] – 1 Sep, 1896[16] 		Succeeded by
Count Frederick C. Metaxa

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/735. f. 29.
  2. ↑ Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/735. f. 29.
  3. ↑ Portsmouth Evening News (Wednesday, 24 May 1882), p. 2.
  4. ↑ Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/735. f. 29.
  5. ↑ Army and Navy Gazette (Saturday, 1 July 1899), p. 619.
  6. ↑ Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/735. f. 29.
  7. ↑ Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/735. f. 29.
  8. ↑ Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/735. f. 29.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1872) Corrected to 20th August, 1872. p. 192.
  10. ↑ Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/735. f. 29.
  11. ↑ Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/735. f. 29.
  12. ↑ Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/735. f. 29.
  13. ↑ Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/735. f. 29.
  14. ↑ Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/735. f. 29.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 225.
  16. ↑ Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/735. f. 29.

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