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Royal Navy commanders on the East India Station
Date Name Notes
1744 Commodore Curtis Barnett
1746 Admiral Thomas Griffin
1747 Admiral Hon. Edward Boscawen
1750 Commodore William Lisle
1754 Admiral Charles Watson
1755 Admiral Sir George Pocock
1757 Admiral Charles Stevens
1759 Admiral Samuel Cornish
1769 Admiral Sir John Lindsay
1771 Admiral Sir Robert Harland
1776 Admiral Sir Edward Hughes
1778 Admiral Hon. Sir Edward Vernon
1782 Admiral Sir Hyde Parker Lost in the wreck of HMS Cato, 1782
1782 Admiral Sir Richard Bickerton
1784 Commodore Andrew Mitchell
1785 Commdore Charles Hughes
1787 Commdore Hon. William Cornwallis
1794 Admiral Peter Rainier
1795 Admiral Sir George Keith Elphinstone
1796 Admiral Thomas Pringle
1797 Admiral Sir Hugh Cloberry Christian
1800 Admiral John Blankett
1804 Admiral Sir Edward Pellew
1808 Admiral William O'Bryen Drury Died on station in 1811
1811 Admiral Sir Samuel Hood Died on station in 1814, temporarily replaced by Commodore William Robert Broughton
1814 Admiral George Burlton
1815 Admiral Sir George Sayer
1816 Admiral Sir Richard King
1819 Admiral Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood
1823 Commodore Charles Grant
1800 Admiral John Blankett MORE TO COME
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Royal Navy commanders on the Newfoundland Station
Date Name Notes
1765 Commodore Hugh Pallister Absent in 1766
1772 Commodore Molyneux Shuldham
1776 Admiral John Montagu
1779 Admiral Richard Edwards
1782 Admiral John Elliott Promoted from captain in 1787
1789 Admiral Mark Milbanke
1792 Admiral Sir Richard King
1795 Admiral Sir James Wallace
1797 Admiral Hon. William Waldegrave
1800 Admiral Charles Morice Pole MORE TO COME
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