Name John Pakenham Role Commanding officer | Rank Vice admiral | |
Commands held Jamaica StationHMS GibraltarHMS Ajax Battles/wars French Revolutionary WarsNapoleonic Wars Battles and wars | ||
Vice-Admiral John Pakenham (1743-1807) was a Royal Navy officer who became Commander-in-Chief of the Jamaica Station.
Naval career
Promoted to post captain in 1780, Pakenham briefly served as Commander-in-Chief of the Jamaica Station in 1785 before going on to command the third-rate HMS Gibraltar in 1796 and the third-rate HMS Ajax in July 1798 in the Channel. Promoted to rear-admiral in 1799 and to vice-admiral in 1804, he died at Lowestoft in Suffolk in 1807.
References
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