Andrew Mitchell (Royal Navy officer)
Royal Navy admiral (1757-1806)
Admiral of the Blue Sir Andrew Mitchell, KB (1757 – 26 February 1806) was a Royal Navy officer who served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He married Mary Uniacke (daughter of Richard John Uniacke) in Halifax, Nova Scotia on 3 May 1805.
Career
Mitchell entered service in 1771 as a midshipman on HMS Deal Castle. He was promoted to lieutenant in 1776, while serving in the West Indies and again promoted to captain, skipping the rank of commander, after distinguishing himself in action in 1778. He distinguished himself again while serving with the 1782 expedition of Sir Edward Hughes in India. On 12 August 1782, Mitchell was captain of the frigate Coventry, when she encountered the French frigate Bellone off Dutch Ceylon. After two and a half hours, Bellone sailed away. Coventry had suffered 15 men killed and 29 wounded in the engagement.
When Hughes returned to England, he left Mitchell in charge of the East Indies Station as commodore. Mitchell returned to England in 1786.
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