Charles Cotterell (Royal Navy officer)
{{Short description|Royal Navy officer (died 1754)}}
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|name= Charles Cotterell
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|death_date= 1754
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|serviceyears= 1712–1747
|rank=Rear Admiral
|branch= 22px Royal Navy
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{{HMS|Diamond|1708|6}}
{{HMS|Nottingham|1703|6}}
{{HMS|Princess Louisa|1711|6}}
{{HMS|Rose|1712|6}}
{{HMS|Lowestoffe|1697|6}}
{{HMS|Salisbury|1698|6}}
{{HMS|Rippon|1712|6}}
{{HMS|Canterbury|1693|6}}
{{HMS|Lion|1709|6}}
{{HMS|Royal Charles|1673|6}}
Commander-in-Chief, The Nore
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Rear Admiral Charles Cotterell (died 1754) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, The Nore from 1744 to 1745.
Naval career
Cotterell became commanding officer of the sloop {{HMS|Happy|1711|6}} in 1722. Promoted to captain in June 1726, he commanded, successively, the fifth-rate {{HMS|Diamond|1708|6}}, the fourth-rate {{HMS|Nottingham|1703|6}}, the fifth-rate {{HMS|Princess Louisa|1711|6}}, the sixth-rate {{HMS|Rose|1712|6}}, the fifth-rate {{HMS|Lowestoffe|1697|6}}, the fourth-rate {{HMS|Salisbury|1698|6}}, the fourth-rate {{HMS|Rippon|1712|6}}, the fourth-rate {{HMS|Canterbury|1693|6}} and the fourth-rate {{HMS|Lion|1709|6}}. He saw action at the battle of Cartagena de Indias in May 1741. After that he commanded the first-rate {{HMS|Royal Charles|1673|6}} and served as Commander-in-Chief, The Nore from 1744 to 1745.{{cite web|url= https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_crewman&id=1765|title=Charles Cotterel (d.1754)|publisher=Three Decks|access-date=10 January 2023}} He died in 1754.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WKwUAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA435 |title=The Gentleman's Magazine: Or, Monthly Intelligencer|volume=24|page=435|year=1754|publisher=Edward Cave}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jr5IAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA142|title=Publications of the British Record Society|year=1891|page=142|publisher=Pub. for the Index Society }}
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