Frederick Stirling


Vice Admiral Frederick Henry Stirling was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be CommanderinChief, Pacific Station. He was a son of Admiral Sir James Stirling, the first Governor of Western Australia and Ellen Mangles.

Having been born at sea on the barque Parmelia, off the Cape of Good Hope, Stirling was appointed a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy in 1848. He went on to serve in the Black Sea during the Crimean War. Promoted to Captain in 1860, he was given command of HMS Warrior and then HMS Clio. He was appointed CommanderinChief, Australia Squadron in 1870 and CommanderinChief, Pacific Station in 1879.

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