Sir Baldwin Wake Walker | |
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Born | 6 January 1802 Port-e-Vullen, near Ramsey, Isle of Man |
Died | 12 February 1876 Diss, Norfolk | (aged 74)
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service | Royal Navy |
Years of service | 1812 to 1876 |
Rank | Royal Navy Admiral |
Commands | HMS Vanguard 1836–1838 HMS Queen 1845–1846 HMS Constance 1846–1847 Cape of Good Hope Station 1861–1865 Nore Command 1866–1869 |
Battles / wars | Morea expedition, 1828 Bombardment of Acre, 1840 |
Awards | KCB Order of the Iron Crown Order of St. Anna Order of the Red Eagle |
Other work | Surveyor of the Navy, 1848–1861 |
Admiral Sir Baldwin Wake Walker, 1st Baronet, KCB, CMG (6 January 1802 – 12 February 1876) was Surveyor of the Navy from 1848 to 1861.[1] and was responsible for the Royal Navy's warship construction programme during the 1850s naval arms race and at the time of the introduction of the Ironclad warship; it was his decision to build HMS Warrior.[2] He was created 1st Baronet Wake Walker, of Oakley House in 1856.