Nathaniel Bowden-Smith

Admiral Sir Nathaniel Bowden-Smith KCB (21 January 1838 – 28 April 1921) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, The Nore.

Sir Nathaniel Bowden-Smith
Born21 January 1838
Brockenhurst, Hampshire, England
Died28 April 1921(1921-04-28) (aged 83)
London, England[1]
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
Years of service1852–1903
RankAdmiral
Commands heldHMS Narcissus
HMS Undaunted
HMS Hercules
HMS Amethyst
HMS Britannia
Australia Station
Nore Command
Battles/warsSecond Anglo-Burmese War
Crimean War
Second Opium War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath

Bowden-Smith joined the Royal Navy in 1852.[2] He took part in the Second Anglo-Burmese War later that year and in the Crimean War in 1855.[3]

He was present at the Battle of Fatshan Creek in 1857 and at the attack on the Peiho Forts in 1858 during the Second Opium War.[4]

Promoted to Captain in 1872 he commanded the frigates HMS Narcissus and HMS Undaunted, the battleship HMS Hercules and the corvette HMS Amethyst.[2] He went on to command the training ship HMS Britannia in 1883 and to be Commander-in-chief, Australia Station in 1892 and Commander-in-Chief, The Nore in 1899.[2] He retired in 1903.[2]

In 1905 commenting on the Battle of Port Arthur he said the "siege was distinguished by the most daring and persistent attacks [by the Japanese] and the most heroic defence [by the Russians] on record."[5]

Family

In 1873 he married Emily Cecilia Sandeman.[2]

Honours and awards
  • 22 June 1897 - To celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria Vice-Admiral Nathaniel Bowden-Smith is appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath.[6]

References
  1. Marylebone Registration District
  2. William Loney RN
  3. Dix Noonan Webb Medals
  4. Naval Commanders
  5. "The fall of Port Arthur (Part 1)". Archived from the original on 17 June 2005. Retrieved 13 February 2018.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link) The Age, 4 January 1905
  6. "No. 26947". The London Gazette. 14 March 1898. p. 1682.
Military offices
Preceded by
Lord Charles Montagu Douglas Scott		 Commander-in-Chief, Australia Station
1892–1894		 Succeeded by
Cyprian Bridge
Preceded by
Sir Charles Hotham		 Commander-in-Chief, The Nore
1899–1900		 Succeeded by
Sir William Kennedy
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