Robert Carthew Reynolds
Military Person
1745 – 1811
Who was Robert Carthew Reynolds?
Rear-Admiral Robert Carthew Reynolds was a long serving and widely respected officer of the British Royal Navy who served in four separate major wars in a 52-year career. During this time he saw only one major battle, although was engaged in one of the most noted frigate actions of the French Revolutionary Wars, the destruction of the Droits de l'Homme, in which his own frigate was driven ashore and wrecked. Reynolds died in 1811 during a great storm in late December, which scattered his convoy and wrecked three ships of the line including his own flagship HMS St George. Over 2,000 British sailors, including Reynolds, were drowned.
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- Born
- Jul 30, 1745
Lamorran and Merther - Children
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Died
- Dec 24, 1811
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on July 23, 2013
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