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Mark Robinson (Royal Navy officer)

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Mark Robinson
Born22 April 1722
Died23 November 1799
Bath, Somerset
AllegianceKingdom of Great Britain
Service/branchRoyal Navy
Years of service1742–1787
RankRear-Admiral
Commands heldHMS <i>Falcon</i>
HMS Vanguard
HMS <i>Rainbow</i>
HMS Fowey
HMS Worcester
HMS Shrewsbury
Battles/wars

Admiral Mark Robinson (25 April 1722 – 23 November 1799) was an officer of the British Royal Navy, one of several members of the Robinson family to serve at sea.

He entered the Royal Navy in 1742, and was examined for his lieutenancy on 14 May 1747, after having been promoted to the rank of fourth lieutenant of HMS <i>Vigilante</i> on 30 March 1746.

After serving as lieutenant on several ships, Mark Robinson was promoted to captain of the 70-gun third rate HMS Vanguard on 13 August 1760. In the mid-1770s he was captain of the 64-gun, third-rate HMS Worcester.

During the American Revolutionary War he participated in several fleet actions against the French. As captain of Worcester he was at the First Battle of Ushant on 27 July 1778. Worcester was heavily engaged in the rear division under command of Sir Hugh Palliser. Subsequently, he was made captain of HMS Shrewsbury in March 1779.

He distinguished himself at the Battle of the Chesapeake on 5 September 1781. In the course of the engagement, Shrewsbury lost fourteen men killed, and fifty-two wounded, including Robinson, who lost a leg from cannon shot. Unable to return to sea, he was granted a pension. When he became, by seniority, entitled to a flag, he was placed on the list of superannuated rear admirals.

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Transcription

Robinson and Horatio Nelson

Nelson served under Robinson on Worcester as acting fourth lieutenant (8 October 1776 – April 1777). The experience of escorting convoys in the wintery seas to and from Gibraltar completed Nelson's midshipman training. On Worcester's return to England on 3 April, Nelson then completed his lieutenancy examination on 9 April.

Nelson was to subsequently write about this period: "But although my age might have been a sufficient cause for not entrusting me with the charge of a Watch, yet Captain Robinson used to say,'he felt as easy when I was upon deck, as any Officer in the ship".

References

  • Jenkins, E H (London 1973) "History of the French Navy", ISBN 0-356-04196-4
  • Rear-Admiral Lord Nelson Sketches of My Life
  • Knight, Roger (2005). "The Pursuit of Victory: The Life and Achievement of Horatio Nelson". Basic Books. ISBN 0-465-03764-X
  • Sugden, John Nelson "A Dream of Glory". Jonathan Cape. London. ISBN 0-224-06097-X
  • John Charnock "Biographica Navalis", Volume VI, London, 1798, pp 404–406
  • Mahan, A. T. "The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence",

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