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Charles Richardson (Royal Navy officer)

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The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/March 10, 2024  by Wehwalt (talk) 22:25, 31 January 2024 (UTC)



Charles Richardson was a Royal Navy officer. He joined HMS Vestal in 1787, where he made an aborted journey to China and served on the East Indies Station. He transferred to HMS Phoenix and fought in the Battle of Tellicherry. In HMS Circe he combated the Nore Mutiny and fought in the Battle of Camperdown (where he captured Jan Willem de Winter), the Battle of Callantsoog and the Vlieter incident. Richardson then sailed to Egypt and fought in the battles of Abukir, Mandora, and Alexandria. He commanded HMS Alligator and was sent to the Leeward Islands Station during the Napoleonic Wars, where he captured three Dutch settlements. He transferred to HMS Topaze in 1821 and sailed to China, where his crew killed two locals in self-defence. The resulting diplomatic incident strained Richardson's health and he was invalided home, where he became a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath and promoted to vice-admiral. He died of influenza in Painsthorpe in 1850.
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 * Promoted: May 6, 2022
 * Reasons for nomination: 255th anniversary of baptism. This blurb was particularly difficult for me so additional input would be helpful.
 * Support as nominator. Z1720 (talk) 01:24, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Support. Gog the Mild (talk) 12:29, 8 January 2024 (UTC)