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Revision as of 13:15, 9 April 2021

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]

Cochrane was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1884.[3]

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[Fact Check], and then to Vice-Admiral on 10 February, 1904.[4]

He died in 1922 of senile decay and heart failure.[5]

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Arthur H. Alington
Captain of H.M.S. Britomart
10 Dec, 1869[6][7] – 29 Nov, 1872[8]
Succeeded by
William H. Richards
Preceded by
Charles C. Drury
Captain of H.M.S. Bellerophon
30 Apr, 1892[9] – 4 Jul, 1893[10]
Succeeded by
Arthur P. James
Preceded by
Charles B. Theobald
Captain of H.M.S. Rupert
5 Jul, 1893[11]
Succeeded by
Lionel A. W. Barnes-Lawrence
Preceded by
Ernest N. Rolfe
Captain of H.M.S. Galatea
22 Jul, 1895[12][13] – 1 Sep, 1896[14]
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. Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/735. f. 29.
  4. Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/735. f. 29.
  5. Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/735. f. 29.
  6. Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/735. f. 29.
  7. The Navy List. (September, 1872) Corrected to 20th August, 1872. p. 192.
  8. Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/735. f. 29.
  9. Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/735. f. 29.
  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. The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 225.
  14. Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/735. f. 29.