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Rear Admiral Sir Thomas Troubridge, 1st Baronet (22 June 1757 – 1 February 1807) was a Royal Navy officer. As a junior officer he saw action at the Battle of Sadras in February 1782 during the American Revolutionary War and the Battle of Trincomalee in September 1782 during the Anglo-French War.
Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Hope Troubridge commanded one of the aircraft carriers of the Santa Maria Convoy, Operation Pedestal. HMS Indomitable did not make it to the island, his grandson records.
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Sir Thomas Troubridge, 1st Baronet. The Troubridge Baronetcy, of Plymouth, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 30 November 1799 for Captain Thomas Troubridge, a distinguished officer of the Royal Navy, who later became an admiral.
The Earl of St. Vincent considered Troubridge to be the finest officer in the service, and in turn Troubridge was the old admiral’s leading acolyte, sharing many of his foibles including the tackling of apparent injustice, an irrational hatred of Scotsmen, and a furious temper.
May 27, 2021 · Troubridge famously led the line in Culloden at the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1797 and was commended for his courage and initiative by Admiral Sir John Jervis.
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Thomas St Vincent Hope Cochrane Troubridge, 3rd Baronet CB (25 May 1815 – 2 October 1867) was an officer of the British Army who served with distinction during the Crimean War.
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Troubridge was ‘a true sailor ... risen merely by dint of his own merits’. 1 He was a shipmate, on entering the navy, of Horatio Nelson. 2 He served in the East Indies until 1785 and again from 1790.
