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Admiral Sir Arthur Auckland Leopold Pedro Cochrane KCB (24 September 1824 - 20 August 1905) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station.

Born the third son of the tenth Earl of Dundonald, Hancock joined the Royal Navy in 1839.^[1] He served in the Baltic Sea during the Crimean War^[1] and devised a method of towing torpedos to their target using kites.^[2]

Promoted to Captain in 1854, he was given command of HMS Horatio, HMS Niger, HMS Warrior and then HMS Cumberland.^[1] He was appointed Superintendent of Sheerness dockyard in 1869 and Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station in 1873.^[1]

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	[[Admiral (Royal Navy)\|Admiral]] '''Sir Arthur Auckland Leopold Pedro Cochrane''' [[Order of the Bath\|KCB]] (24 September 1824 - August 1905) was a [[Royal Navy]] officer who went on to be [[Pacific Station\|Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station]].		[[Admiral (Royal Navy)\|Admiral]] '''Sir Arthur Auckland Leopold Pedro Cochrane''' [[Order of the Bath\|KCB]] (24 September 1824 - 20 August 1905) was a [[Royal Navy]] officer who went on to be [[Pacific Station\|Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station]].

	==Naval career==		==Naval career==