Charles Buckner
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Admiral Charles Buckner was a Royal Navy officer who became Commander-in-Chief, The Nore. He was the brother of John Buckner, Bishop of Chichester, and grandfather of portraitist Richard Buckner.
Vice Admiral Charles Buckner
HMS Royal Oak (1769)
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HMS Royal Oak was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Israel Pownoll and launched on 13 November 1769 at Plymouth.
Charles Buckner
…Scourge and Rhodes in February 1782 and then saw action at the Battle of the Saintes in April 1782. He went on to be commanding officer of the third-rate HMS Royal Oak later in 1782 and commanding officer of the royal yacht HMY William & Mary in 1787. He became Commander-in-Chief, The Nore in April 1795 and was in…
George III reviewing the Fleet at Spithead, 22 June 1773, depicting HMS 'Royal Oak'
HMS Royal Oak, by Joseph Marshall