Edmund Palmer
Captain Edmund Palmer CB (c. 1781 – 19 September 1834) was a Royal Navy officer of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century who is best known for his service as commander of the frigate HMS Hebrus, in the Battle of Jobourg off the Normandy Coast, in the last frigate ship-to-ship battle of the Napoleonic Wars on 27 March 1814. Chasing down the frigate Etoile, which was making for Saint Malo, Palmer cornered and defeated the French ship in a fierce engagement.
Edmund Palmer | |
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| Born | c. 1781 |
| Died | 19 September 1834 Brighton, Sussex |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/ | Royal Navy |
| Years of service | 1793–1834 |
| Battles/wars | French Revolutionary Wars Napoleonic Wars • Battle of Jobourg |
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