Baldwin Wake Walker
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Admiral Sir Baldwin Wake Walker, 1st Baronet, was Surveyor of the Navy from 1848 to 1861. and was responsible for the Royal Navy's warship construction programme during the 1850s naval arms race and a
Walker in Turkish service, 1840.
The Commander-in-Chief, Africa was the last title of a Royal Navy's formation commander located in South Africa from 1795 to 1939. Under varying titles, it was one of the longest-lived formations of t
Baldwin Wake Walker
…Wake Walker, of Oakley House, appointed Rear Admiral of the Blue in 1858, and Rear-Admiral of the White in 1861, in which year he was also appointed Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope and West Coast of Africa Station. He returned to England in 1864, being promoted to vice admiral in 1865 and being appointed Commander-in-Chief, The Nore in 1866. He was promoted to…
The cruiser HMS Gibraltar, flagship of the Cape of Good Hope Station in the early 1900s
Admiralty House, Simonstown