Charles Penrose (Royal Navy officer)

Sir Charles Penrose
Born	20 June 1759 Penryn, Cornwall
Died	1 January 1830 Lostwithiel, Cornwall
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Rank	Vice-Admiral
Commands held	HMS Lynx HMS Cleopatra HMS Resolution HMS Sans Pareil HMS Carnatic Mediterranean Fleet
Battles/wars	Fourth Anglo-Dutch War French Revolutionary Wars Napoleonic Wars
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George

Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Vinicombe Penrose KCB KCMG (20 June 1759 – 1 January 1830) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet.

Naval career

Penrose joined the Royal Navy in 1775.^[1] He took part in the Battle of Dogger Bank in 1781^[1] and the capture of Martinique in 1793.^[1] In 1794 he became Commander in HMS Lynx.^[1] He later commanded HMS Cleopatra, HMS Resolution, HMS Sans Pareil and HMS Carnatic.^[1]

During 1813 he commanded a small squadron operating off northern Spain and south-western France^[1] with his flag in HMS Porcupine.^[2] He went on to be become Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet in Autumn 1814.^[1] He remained in this role until May 1815 when Viscount Exmouth reclaimed his former position again.^[1] Penrose then accepted the position of Second-in-Command under Exmouth but was appointed overall Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet again in May 1816.^[1]

He retired in 1819.^[1]

Family

In 1787 he married Elizabeth Trevenen; they had three daughters.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k} Sir Charles Penrose at Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
2. ^ Winfield (2008), p.236.

• Winfield, Rif. British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1793-1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing, 2nd edition, 2008. ISBN 978-1-84415-717-4.

Military offices
Preceded by Sir Edward Pellew	Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet 1814–1815	Succeeded by Viscount Exmouth
Preceded by Viscount Exmouth	Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet 1816–1818	Succeeded by Sir Thomas Fremantle

Persondata
Name	Penrose, Charles
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Short description
Date of birth	20 June 1759
Place of birth	Penryn, Cornwall
Date of death	1 January 1830
Place of death	Lostwithiel, Cornwall