Admiral Admiral is one of the highest ranks in some navies. In the Commonwealth nations and the United States, a "full" admiral is equivalent to a "full" general in the army or the air force, and is above vice admiral and below admiral of the fleet, ...

Charles Henry Adair (2 July 1851 – 9 March 1920) was a

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officer in mid-late 19th century and the early 20th century. He retired just prior to the outbreak of

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

Royal Navy service

Adair entered the Royal Navy, and saw early service in Eastern Sudan. He was briefly in command of the

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HMS ''Australia'' from November 1899 to January 1900, when she was coast guard ship for

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. On 20 January 1900 he commissioned for service on the Mediterranean Squadron. He was captain when on 9 November 1901 one of the ship's 6-inch (152 mm) guns exploded, killing one officer and five marines, and injuring another 20 people. Following the accident, he returned to the United Kingdom, and was in January 1902 appointed to , shore establishment at

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, for command of the Gunnery School. Charles Henry Adair died on 9 March 1920.

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Royal Navy Flag Officers 1904–1945 – Admiral Charles Henry AdairThe Dreadnought Project – Charles Henry Adair
1851 births 1920 deaths Royal Navy admirals Royal Navy personnel of the Mahdist War {{RN-bio-stub