Henry Keppel
British Royal Navy admiral (1809-1904) · Died at 94
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry Keppel, was a Royal Navy officer. His first command was largely spent off the coast of Spain, which was then in the midst of the First Carlist War.
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The advance of the British boats under Keppel's command during the Battle of Fatshan Creek by Oswald Walters Brierly
The second-rate HMS Rodney taking part, under Keppel's command, in the bombardment of Sebastopol; the ship later became Keppel's flagship on the China Station
As depicted by James Tissot in Vanity Fair, 22 April 1876Awards
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As commanding officer of the corvette HMS Dido on the East Indies and China Station he was deployed in operations during the First Opium War and in operations against Borneo pirates. He later served as commander of the naval brigade besieging Sebastopol during the Crimean War. After becoming second-in-command of the East Indies and China Station, he commanded the British squadron in the action with Chinese pirates at the Battle of Fatshan Creek when he sank around 100 enemy war-junks. He subsequently took part in the capture of Canton during the Second Opium War.