Admiral Arthur Forbes (died 20 March 1891) was a

Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against ...

officer who became Commander-in-Chief, Queenstown.

Naval career

Forbes became commanding officer of the sixth-rate HMS ''Calypso'' in July 1851, commanding officer of the frigate HMS ''Curacoa'' in May 1857 and commanding officer of the

second-rate In the rating system of the Royal Navy used to categorise sailing warships, a second-rate was a ship of the line which by the start of the 18th century mounted 90 to 98 guns on three gun decks; earlier 17th-century second rates had fewer gun ...

HMS ''Renown'' in November 1857. His last appointment was as Commander-in-Chief, Queenstown in November 1869 before he retired in May 1871.

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