Vice-Admiral Vice admiral is a senior naval flag officer rank, usually equivalent to lieutenant general and air marshal. A vice admiral is typically senior to a rear admiral and junior to an admiral. Australia In the Royal Australian Navy, the rank of vic ...

Richard Duckworth-King (16 July 1840 – 4 January 1900) was a

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officer who became Admiral Superintendent at

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. He was born the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Cornwallis King and Evelina Maria Augusta Searle. Duckworth-King became Flag Captain at

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in September 1888, Captain Superintendent at

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and Admiral Superintendent at

in January 1894. He was promoted to

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in 1892 while at Sheerness, and to

vice-admiral Vice admiral is a senior naval flag officer rank, usually equivalent to lieutenant general and air marshal. A vice admiral is typically senior to a rear admiral and junior to an admiral. Australia In the Royal Australian Navy, the rank of vic ...

on 26 December 1897, before he retired the following year.

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