THOMAS COCHRANE, 10TH EARL OF DUNDONALD

Cochrane became the Admiral in Chief of 2 Different South American Nations—Peru and Brazil—fighting for their independence. Incredibly enough, he was able to form idealistic freedom fighters with no naval experience into navies which defeated both the Spanish and Portuguese fleets at a time when those countries had world class navies. His achievements on behalf of the South Americans are often regarded as the most remarkable naval achievements in history.

The South Americans did not have the training or the military traditions of warfare, not did they have an officer and noncommissioned officer corps that the then superpowers of the world like England and Spain had. Nonetheless, his amazing success against the disciplined Spanish ships made him a hero of the South American revolutionists and his English countrymen alike. He had been forced out of the English navy amid scandal, and after his victories in South America against the hated Spanish, he was brought back to the English navy as a hero and given charge of all the Western English forces. Part of his brilliance was that he developed naval tactics that suited the personalities and norms of the South Americans who did not have the discipline and training of the English or Spanish Navy.

Cochrane became the Admiral in Chief of 2 Different South American Nations—Peru and Brazil—fighting for their independence. Incredibly enough, he was able to form idealistic freedom fighters with no naval experience into navies which defeated both the Spanish and Portuguese fleets at a time when those countries had world class navies. His achievements on behalf of the South Americans are often regarded as the most remarkable naval achievements in history.

The South Americans did not have the training or the military traditions of warfare, not did they have an officer and noncommissioned officer corps that the then superpowers of the world like England and Spain had. Nonetheless, his amazing success against the disciplined Spanish ships made him a hero of the South American revolutionists and his English countrymen alike. He had been forced out of the English navy amid scandal, and after his victories in South America against the hated Spanish, he was brought back to the English navy as a hero and given charge of all the Western English forces. Part of his brilliance was that he developed naval tactics that suited the personalities and norms of the South Americans who did not have the discipline and training of the English or Spanish Navy.