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, ...

Sir John Kingcome, KCB (14 February 1793 – 7 August 1871) was a

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officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station.

Naval career

Kingcome joined the

in 1808 and was present at the destruction of the French ships during the

Battle of the Basque Roads The Battle of the Basque Roads, also known as the Battle of Aix Roads ( French: ''Bataille de l'île d'Aix'', also ''Affaire des brûlots'', rarely ''Bataille de la rade des Basques''), was a major naval battle of the Napoleonic Wars, fought in t ...

the following year. He also served in the First Anglo-Burmese War from 1824 to 1826. Promoted to Captain (naval), Captain in 1838, he commanded HMS Belleisle (1819), HMS ''Belleisle'' during the First Opium War in 1841. He later took charge of HMS Simoom (1849), HMS ''Simoom'' and HMS St George (1840), HMS ''St George'' and then commanded HMS Royal William (1833), HMS ''Royal William'' in the Baltic Sea during the Crimean War. He was appointed Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station in 1862 and was made full Admiral on the Reserved List in 1869. Kingcome Inlet on the British Columbia Coast is named after him as are other placenames in the area.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kingcome, John 1793 births 1871 deaths Royal Navy admirals Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath

Naval career

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