Robert Fanshawe Stopford
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Admiral Robert Fanshawe Stopford was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, Channel Squadron.
Bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre, 3 November 1840, lithograph from a sketch by Stopford
Grave in Richmond Old Burial Ground
Channel Fleet
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The Channel Fleet and originally known as the Channel Squadron was the Royal Navy formation of warships that defended the waters of the English Channel from 1854 to 1909 and 1914 to 1915.
Robert Fanshawe Stopford
…Admiral Robert Fanshawe Stopford (19 December 1811 – 4 January 1891) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, Channel Squadron. Born the son of Admiral Sir Robert Stopford, Stopford was appointed a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy in 1830 and, as Commander of HMS Zebra, took part…
British ironclad HMS Minotaur as Channel Fleet flagship, c. 1875–1887