Charles Frederick Alexander Shadwell
From The Dreadnought Project
Admiral SIR Charles Frederick Alexander Shadwell, K.C.B. (31 January, 1814 – 1 March, 1886) served in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
He was memorialized by the founding of the Shadwell Testimonial Prize in 1888, which consisted of a Pocket Sextant or similar equipment awarded to junior officers who submitted the most creditable surveying work of a harbour or similar marine environment.
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Footnotes
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Edward G. Fanshawe |
President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich 1 Mar, 1878[1] |
Succeeded by Sir Geoffrey T. Phipps Hornby |
- ↑ Shadwell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37. f. 1217.
