Admiral Sir Adolphus Slade
CB (1804 – 13 November 1877) was a British admiral who became an admiral in the
Ottoman Navy. While in Ottoman service he was known as Mushaver (Inspector)
Pasha
Pasha, Pacha or Paşa ( ota, پاشا; tr, paşa; sq, Pashë; ar, باشا), in older works sometimes anglicized as bashaw, was a higher rank in the Ottoman political and military system, typically granted to governors, generals, dignitar ...
He was the fifth son of
General Sir John Slade.
Career
* 1815: Entered Navy
* 1827: Lieutenant
* 1841: Commander
* 1849: Captain
* 1849–1866: Admiral in the
Turkish navy
The Turkish Naval Forces ( tr, ), or Turkish Navy ( tr, ) is the naval warfare service branch of the Turkish Armed Forces.
The modern naval traditions and customs of the Turkish Navy can be traced back to 10 July 1920, when it was establis ...
, with the title of
Pasha
Pasha, Pacha or Paşa ( ota, پاشا; tr, paşa; sq, Pashë; ar, باشا), in older works sometimes anglicized as bashaw, was a higher rank in the Ottoman political and military system, typically granted to governors, generals, dignitar ...
. This included the
Crimean War
The Crimean War, , was fought from October 1853 to February 1856 between Russia and an ultimately victorious alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, the United Kingdom and Piedmont-Sardinia.
Geopolitical causes of the war included the ...
. In 1854, his flagship was a 72-gun frigate.
* 1858: KCB
* 1866: Rear-Admiral
* 1867: Retired Rear-Admiral
* 1873: Retired Vice-Admiral
Books
Slade, who has been described as "one of the best nineteenth-century writers on the Middle East", wrote a number of books:
''Records of travels in Turkey, Greece, &c. and of a Cruise in the Black Sea, with the Capitan Pasha, in the years 1829,1830, and 1831''(1833)
''Turkey, Greece and Malta''(1837)
* ''The sultan and Mehemet Ali; or, The present crisis in Turkey.'' (1839)
''Travels in Germany and Russia: including a steam voyage by the Danube and the Euxine from Vienna to Constantinople, in 1838-39''(1840)
* ''A Few Words on Naval Construction and Naval promotion.'' (1846)
* ''Maritime States and Military Navies'' (1859)
''Turkey and the Crimean War: a narrative of historical events''(1867)
* ''An Historical Catechism of the Church of England, from the Apostles' times to the mission of St. Augustine. Compiled chiefly for the young'' (1883).
See also
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Notes and references
1804 births
1877 deaths
Royal Navy admirals
Ottoman Empire admirals
Ottoman military personnel of the Crimean War
Younger sons of baronets
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