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He was a senior British naval flag officer known as a daring and successful captain during the Napoleonic Wars where he earned the French nickname of “Le Loup des Mers’ (The Wolf of the Seas).
After being dismissed by the Royal Navy in 1814 he served with the rebel navies in Chile, Brazil and Greece during their respective wars of independence. In 1832 he was reinstated in the Royal Navy with the rank of Rear Admiral.
Disliked by the Admiralty for trying to improve seamen’s conditions, Lord Cochrane was given the smallest and oldest ships and the roughest and toughest assignments.
