Charles Ekins
| Sir Charles Ekins | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1768 |
| Died | 2 July 1855 69 Cadogan Place, London |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
|
| Service/branch |
 Royal Navy
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| Years of service | 1781 - 1855 |
| Rank | Admiral |
| Commands held |
HMS Ferret HMS Amphitrite HMS Beaulieu HMS Defence HMS Superb |
| Battles/wars | |
| Awards |
Knight Grand Cross of the Bath Knight of the Order of William of the Netherlands |
Admiral Sir Charles Ekins GCB (1768 – 2 July 1855) was an officer of the Royal Navy who served in the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, and rose to the rank of admiral.
Ekins was the son of Dr. Jeffery Ekins, dean of Carlisle, and nephew of Dr. John Ekins, dean of Salisbury (1768–1809), and was born presumably at Quainton, Buckinghamshire, where his father was then rector. He entered the Royal Navy in March 1781, on board the 74-gun HMS Berwick, under the command of the Hon. Keith Stewart. In Berwick he was present at the Battle of Dogger Bank on 5 August 1781, and afterwards went with Captain Stewart to HMS Cambridge, which was one of the fleet under Lord Howe that relieved Gibraltar in 1782.
After continuous service on the Mediterranean and home stations for the next eight years, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant on 20 October 1790. During the next five years he was mainly employed in the West Indies. Early in 1795 he came home in the 98-gun HMS Boyne, bearing the flag of Sir John Jervis, and was in her when she was burnt at Spithead on 1 May. On 18 June he was promoted to the command of the sloop HMS Ferret in the North Sea, from which he was appointed to HMS Echo, supposed to be at the Cape of Good Hope, but found, on his arrival, to have been condemned and broken up. He returned to England in command of Havik, one of the Dutch prizes taken at the capitulation of Saldanha Bay. After his return to Britain, he was advanced to post rank 22 December 1796.
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