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Post Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 8:28 pm    Post subject: British officers in the Russian navy Reply with quote
Just as many officers followed Cochrane's fortune in South America, after the American War, many young officers (or would be officer) with no prospect of promotion or employment entered the Swedish (Sidney Smith being the most famous) or the Russian services. Some were killed during the Russo-Swedish war in the Baltic, some climbed to flag rank, some returned home at the start of the Great War.

An interesting article from Gentleman's Magazine of October 1822:

http://www.ageofnelson.org/pdf/GM_1822.pdf
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