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Revision as of 11:14, 9 August 2014

Vice-Admiral John Coke Burnell, Royal Navy, Retired (27 December, 1842 – 22 February, 1928) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Early Life & Career

He was appointed in command of the battleship Victoria on 11 November, 1889.[1]

He was appointed Captain Superintendent of Sheerness Dockyard on 25 January, 1892.[2]

He was appointed Captain of the Steam Reserve at Portsmouth on 15 January, 1895.[3]

Bibliography

  • "Vice-Admiral Burnell" (Obituaries). The Times. Friday, 24 February, 1928. Issue 44825, col D, p. 17.
  • Clowes, Sir Wm. Laird (1903). The Royal Navy: A History From the Earliest Times to the Death of Queen Victoria. Vol. VII. London: Sampson Low, Marston and Company Limited.

Service Records

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List (March, 1891). p. 263.
  2. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 22 January, 1892. Issue 33541, col F, p. 7.
  3. Clowes. VII. p. 7.
  4. The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 263.
  5. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 22 January, 1892. Issue 33541, col F, p. 7.
  6. Clowes. The Royal Navy. Vol. VII. p. 7.