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Arthur Cochrane (Royal Navy officer)

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Admiral Sir Arthur Auckland Leopold Pedro Cochrane KCB (24 September 1824 - 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] devised a method of towing torpedoes 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]

References

  1. ^ a b c d William Loney RN
  2. ^ [Kites On The Winds of War by M. Robinson]
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