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Richard Vesey Hamilton

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Royal Navy admiral (1829-1912)

Lived 1829 to 1912 · aged 83
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Admiral Sir Richard Vesey Hamilton was a Royal Navy officer. As a junior officer he twice volunteered to take part in missions to search for Sir John Franklin's ill-fated expedition to find the Northwest Passage. He also took part in the Battle of Fatshan Creek in June 1857 during the Second Opium War.

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