Alfred Taylor Dale (26 September 1840 – 14 November 1925) was a

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admiral. He joined the Royal Navy in 1854. Promoted to lieutenant on 14 April 1860, commander on 4 April 1870, captain on 31 December 1876, rear-admiral on 10 September 1891, vice-admiral on 16 September 1897, and admiral on 3 May 1903. In April 1894, he was appointed second in command,

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. In 1896, he commanded the Particular Service Squadron of six ships, specially commissioned in reply to a congratulatory telegram from

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to President

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on the repulse of Dr. Jameson's Raid. He was aboard the ship he commanded at that time, , a ''Royal Sovereign'' class battleship. An International Squadron was formed by a number of Great Powers to intervene during a native Greek rebellion against Ottoman rule on the island of

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and to protect their citizens there. The squadron operated from February 1897 to December 1898, and its participating countries were

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, the German Empire,

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, the

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, and the

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. Some of the participating British ships included the battleships under by then Rear-Admiral Alfred Taylor Dale, and . He is buried at

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, London.

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