Rear Admiral Rear admiral is a senior naval flag officer rank, equivalent to a major general and air vice marshal and above that of a commodore and captain, but below that of a vice admiral. It is regarded as a two star "admiral" rank. It is often regarde ...

Charles Cotterell (died 1754) was a

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officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, The Nore from 1744 to 1745.

Naval career

Cotterell became commanding officer of the sloop in 1722. Promoted to

captain Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police department, election precinct, e ...

in June 1726, he commanded, successively, the fifth-rate , the fourth-rate , the fifth-rate , the

sixth-rate In the rating system of the Royal Navy used to categorise sailing warships, a sixth-rate was the designation for small warships mounting between 20 and 28 carriage-mounted guns on a single deck, sometimes with smaller guns on the upper works and ...

, the fifth-rate , the fourth-rate , the fourth-rate , the fourth-rate and the fourth-rate . He saw action at the battle of Cartagena de Indias in May 1741. After that he commanded the

first-rate In the rating system of the British Royal Navy used to categorise sailing warships, a first rate was the designation for the largest ships of the line. Originating in the Jacobean era with the designation of Ships Royal capable of carrying at ...

and served as Commander-in-Chief, The Nore from 1744 to 1745. He died in 1754.

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