Richard Saunders Dundas
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Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Saunders Dundas, was a Royal Navy officer. As a captain, he took part in the capture of the Bogue forts in January 1841, during the First Opium War. He was appointed to the co
Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Dundas
The fifth-rate HMS Belvidera (left) which Dundas commanded
HMS Duke of Wellington, Flagship of the Baltic Fleet, which Dundas commanded during the Crimean War
The Dundas Vault in old Lasswade Kirkyard, containing the first five Viscounts Melville
The Baltic Fleet, also known as the Baltic Squadron, were a series of formations of the British Royal Navy which existed between 1658 and 1856. They consisted of ships assembled at Spithead, a naval a
Richard Saunders Dundas
…Naval Lord in the Aberdeen ministry in January 1853 and then Second Naval Lord in the same ministry in June 1854. He was appointed to the command of the Baltic Fleet in the Baltic Sea, hoisting his flag in the first-rate HMS Duke of Wellington, in succession to James Dundas in February 1855. Dundas led the naval…
The Baltic fleet sailing from Spithead, 11 March 1854
The fleet in the Baltic, 1854