serviceyears branch death_place death_date allegiance battles birth_date rank article_title name
1790s -- 1829 22px royal navy paris , france 6 august 1829 united kingdom united kingdom french napoleonic wars • raid on griessie revolutionary wars • capture of '' gamo '' 1783 captain archibald cochrane -lrb- royal navy officer -rrb-
 archibald cochrane
archibald cochrane -lrb- royal navy officer -rrb-

captain archibald cochrane was a royal navy officer of the early nineteenth century , who served in the napoleonic wars .
his most noticeable activity came early in his career when he was employed as a midshipman aboard his brother , commander thomas cochrane 's -lrb- known as lord cochrane -rrb- ship hms `` speedy '' .
aboard `` speedy '' , cochrane participated in the engagement and capture of the spanish frigate `` gamo '' , which was more than three times the size of the british ship .
although captured by the french shortly afterwards , cochrane 's career continued successfully and he was promoted to lieutenant in 1804 , sailing to the east indies on hms `` victor '' and rapidly gaining promotion to post captain in the frigate hms `` fox '' .
in 1811 , cochrane returned to europe and did not serve again , retiring to sunderland and dying in 1829 .
