Charles Cotterell (Royal Navy officer)

Rear Admiral Charles Cotterell (died 1754) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, The Nore from 1744 to 1745.

Naval career
Cotterell became commanding officer of the sloop HMS Happy (1711) in 1722. Promoted to captain in June 1726, he commanded, successively, the fifth-rate HMS Diamond (1708), the fourth-rate HMS Nottingham (1703), the fifth-rate HMS Princess Louisa (1711), the sixth-rate HMS Rose (1712), the fifth-rate HMS Lowestoffe (1697), the fourth-rate HMS Salisbury (1698), the fourth-rate HMS Rippon (1712), the fourth-rate HMS Canterbury (1693) and the fourth-rate HMS Lion (1709). He saw action at the battle of Cartagena de Indias in May 1741. After that he commanded the first-rate HMS Royal Charles (1673) and served as Commander-in-Chief, The Nore from 1744 to 1745. He died in 1754.