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unusual facts about Counter Admiral



Aristide Vallon

Counter Admiral Aristide Louis Antoine Vallon (July 26, 1826 — March 11, 1897) was born in Le Conquet.

Ivan Botsis

After his arrival in Russia in 1703, Botsis was appointed as shautbenaht (a Dutch title equivalent to Counter Admiral) and head of the galley squadrons of the newly established Baltic Fleet, based at Saint Petersburg and the fortress of Kronstadt.

Oriental Crisis of 1840

Counter Admiral Julien Pierre Anne Lalande was dispatched to the Mediterrenean to eventually join forces with the defected Ottoman fleet.


see also

Dmitry Maksutov

Dmitry Petrovich Maksutov (1832-1889), Imperial Russian Navy counter-admiral, prince, 14th and the last Governor of Russian America