Facts: - battles: american vincent battle of martinique battle of saint kitts war battle of the saintes french revolutionary wars napoleonic wars of invasion of martinique action of 14 & ndash independence ; 17 april 1809 invasion of guadeloupe battle of cape st - death date: 11 january 1833 - allegiance: united kingdom united kingdom - rank: royal navy vice-admiral - awards: knight commander of the order of the bath - birth date: 1763 - serviceyears: 1777 to 1824 - name: sir william charles fahie - branch: 22px royal navy - death place: bermuda - birth place: saint kitts , leeward islands Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of william charles fahie .
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vice-admiral sir william charles fahie kcb -lrb- 1763 -- 11 january 1833 -rrb- was a prominent british royal navy officer during the american war of independence , french revolutionary war and the napoleonic wars .unusually , fahie 's service was almost entirely spent in the west indies , where he had been born and where he lived during the time he was in reserve and in his retirement .after extensive service in the caribbean during the american war of independence , during which fahie impressed with his local knowledge , fahie was in reserve between 1783 and 1793 , returning to service to participate in sir john jervis ' campaign against the french west indian islands in 1794 .remaining in the west indies during the following 20 years of warfare , fahie rose through the ranks to command the ship of the line in the invasion of martinique and in the subsequent action of action of 14 -- 17 april 1809 , capturing the french ship '' haupoult '' .in 1810 he participated in the invasion of guadeloupe and transferred to european waters for the first time since 1780 .at the end of the war fahie remained in service and eventually became commander-in-chief of the leeward islands .he retired in 1824 and was subsequently knighted , settling in bermuda with his second wife .