Nathaniel Bowden-Smith
{{Short description|Royal Navy officer (1838–1921)}}
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{{Infobox military person
|name=Sir Nathaniel Bowden-Smith
|birth_date=21 January 1838
|death_date={{death date and age|1921|4|28|df=y|1838|1|21}}
|birth_place=Brockenhurst, Hampshire, England
|death_place=London, EnglandMarylebone Registration District
|image=NBowden-Smith.jpg
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|allegiance={{flagicon|United Kingdom}} United Kingdom
|serviceyears=1852–1903
|rank=Admiral
|commands=HMS Narcissus
HMS Undaunted
HMS Hercules
HMS Amethyst
HMS Britannia
Australia Station
Nore Command
|branch=23px Royal Navy
|unit=
|battles=Second Anglo-Burmese War
Crimean War
Second Opium War
|awards=Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
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Admiral Sir Nathaniel Bowden-Smith {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCB}} (21 January 1838 – 28 April 1921) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, The Nore.
Naval career
Bowden-Smith joined the Royal Navy in 1852.[http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowBiog.php?id=1379 William Loney RN] He took part in the Second Anglo-Burmese War later that year and in the Crimean War in 1855.[http://www.dnw.co.uk/medals/auctionarchive/viewspecialcollections/itemdetail.lasso?itemid=64069 Dix Noonan Webb Medals]
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.[http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/naval_commanders.htm Naval Commanders]
Promoted to captain in 1872 he commanded the frigates HMS Narcissus and HMS Undaunted, the battleship HMS Hercules and the corvette HMS Amethyst. 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, with the full rank of admiral on 16 October 1899.{{London Gazette |issue=27131 |date=31 October 1899 |page=6532 }} He retired from the Navy in January 1903.{{London Gazette |issue=27518 |date=23 January 1903 |page=466 }}
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."{{cite web |url=http://150.theage.com.au/view_bestofarticle.asp?intid=1749&inttype=1&straction=update |title=The fall of Port Arthur (Part 1) |accessdate=2018-02-13 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050617093724/http://150.theage.com.au/view_bestofarticle.asp?intid=1749&inttype=1&straction=update |archivedate=17 June 2005 }} The Age, 4 January 1905
Family
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.{{London Gazette |issue=26947 |date=14 March 1898 |page=1682 }}
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{{succession box | title=Commander-in-Chief, The Nore | years=1899–1900 | before=Sir Charles Hotham | after=Sir William Kennedy}}
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Category:Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath