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Admiral Sir Albert Hastings Markham KCB (11 November 1841 – 28 October 1918) was a British explorer, author, and officer in the Royal Navy. In 1903 he was invested as a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath .
His deputy – Rear-Admiral Albert Hastings Markham – was in the lead ship of the second division of five ships, the 10,600 long tons (10,800 t) Camperdown. Markham's normal divisional flagship – Trafalgar – was being refitted. Unusually for Tryon, he had discussed his plans for anchoring the fleet with some of his officers.
Admiral Sir Geoffrey Layton, GBE, KCB, KCMG, DSO [23] Admiral Sir Albert Hastings Markham, KCB [24] Admiral of the Fleet Sir William May, GCB GCVO [25] Admiral Sir Harry Rawson, GCB GCMG; Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Royds, KBE CMG ADC FRGS [26] Admiral Sir Percy Royds, CB CMG ADC [27] Admiral Sir Percy Scott [28] Admiral of the Fleet Sir Edward ...
This article has an unclear citation style. The references used may be made clearer with a different or consistent style of citation and footnoting. (April 2019) (Learn how and when to remove this message) British Admirals. Britannia Viewing the Conquerors of the Seas, 1800 Admiral is a senior rank of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom, which equates to the NATO rank code OF-9, formally ...
She became a flagship on 1 November 1901, when Vice-Admiral Albert Hastings Markham hoisted his flag on becoming Commander-in-Chief, The Nore. [12] She took part in the fleet review held at Spithead on 16 August 1902 for the coronation of King Edward VII .
In October 1871, the screw sloop-of-war HMS Rosario was operating against blackbirders in the South Sea Islands when her captain, Commander Albert Hastings Markham, received orders to sail for Nukapu in the Solomon Islands. [1]
Captain Albert Hastings Markham, February 1883 – May 1886; Captain Samuel Long, May 1886 – January 1889; Captain Arthur K. Wilson, January 1889 – February 1892; Captain William H. Hall, February 1892 – November 1893; Captain Sir Baldwin Wake-Walker, Bt, November 1893 – November 1895; Captain John Durnford, November 1895 – October 1899
In 1869, Albert Hastings Markham, a first lieutenant on the Royal Navy vessel HMS Blanche, submitted a national ensign design to Sir George Bowen, the Governor of New Zealand. [25] It was initially used only on government ships, but was adopted as the de facto national flag in a surge of patriotism arising from the Second Boer War in 1902.