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Admiral of the Fleet The Honourable Sir Henry Keppel GCB, OM (14 June 1809 – 17 January 1904) was a Royal Navy officer. His first command was largely spent off the coast of Spain, which was then in the midst of the First Carlist War.
30 de abr. de 2022 · SIR HENRY KEPPEL enjoyed an exceptionally long and distinguished naval career, which saw him rise to the rank of Admiral. His involvement with Japan was a relatively short part of it – just three years, from 1867 to 1869.
Sir Henry Keppel. (1809-1904), Admiral of the fleet. Sitter in 11 portraits. Keppel entered the Navy in 1822. His family connections secured him rapid promotion, and he was promoted to Captain in 1837. His long naval career took him to many places including the West and East Indies and Australia.
The ‘journal of cruise of H.M. Ship Maender’ kept by Captain Henry Keppel and beautifully illustrated by Oswald Brierly. The journal documents a voyage throughout the southern hemisphere undertaken between 1847 and 1851.
Henry Keppel, the man who would have the honour of having the bay named after him, was no stranger to the pirates in these waters. He first sailed to Singapore as a midshipman in 1832, but his life would become very much entwined with the island.
INTRODUCTION SIR HENRY KEPPEL enjoyed an exceptionally long and distinguished naval career, which saw him rise to the rank of Admiral. His involvement with Japan was a relatively short part of it...
Keppel developed a fine reputation for his role as Captain of a ship of the Royal Navy during the Carlist War in Spain. He went on to serve in China to suppress the Malay pirates in 1841 and in 1847 repeated this role when he commanded HMS MAEANDER.
