Admiral Sir John Acworth Ommanney KCB

Order of the Bath

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 (1773–1855) was a Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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 officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth

Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth

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Naval career

Ommanney joined the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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 in 1786. Promoted Commander

Commander

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 in 1796, he was given command of a brig

Brig

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 and arrested a fleet of Swedish merchant ships in the North Sea

North Sea

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. Promoted to Post Captain in 1800, he commanded HMS Hussar, HMS Robus and then HMS Barfleur

HMS Barfleur (1768)

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. In 1825 he took command of HMS Albion

HMS Albion (1802)

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 and took part in the Battle of Navarino

Battle of Navarino

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 in 1827.

He was appointed Commander-in-Chief, Lisbon in 1837 and then Second-in-Command of the Mediterranean Fleet

Mediterranean Fleet

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 in 1840 during the Oriental Crisis

Oriental Crisis of 1840

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. He was made Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth

Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth

The Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth was a senior commander of the Royal Navy for hundreds of years. Plymouth Command was a name given to the units, establishments, and staff operating under the admiral's command. In the nineteenth century the holder of the office was known as Commander-in-Chief,...

in 1851.