Astley Cooper Key
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Admiral Sir Astley Cooper Key, was a Royal Navy officer. As a junior officer he saw action at the Battle of Vuelta de Obligado in November 1845 during the Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata
Sir Astley Cooper Key
As a junior officer Astley Key was present at the Bombardment of Sveaborg in August 1855
The Royal Naval College, Greenwich of which Key was president
HMS Excellent is a Royal Navy "stone frigate" sited on Whale Island near Portsmouth in Hampshire. HMS Excellent is itself part of the Maritime Warfare School, with a headquarters at HMS Collingwood, a
Astley Cooper Key
…Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom in August 1859, became captain of the steam reserve at Devonport in July 1860 and went on to be captain of HMS Excellent and superintendent of the Royal Navy College at Portsmouth in July 1863. Key had a considerable share in advising as to the reorganization of naval…
An aerial photo of HMS Excellent during 2005. The red building is Navy Command Headquarters
HMS Excellent: the Quarterdeck Block (originally containing a gymnasium, lecture theatre, warrant officers' mess, church rooms and the Church of St Barbara).
The Royal Navy's Fire Fighting Training Unit has been based at the northern tip of Whale Island since the 1990s.
HMS Bristol alongside Whale Island.