Ahmed Pasha
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Vice-Admiral Ahmed Pasha (1850-1928)
1928 Obituary [1]
Vice-Admiral AHMED PASHA, ret., late Engineer-in-Chief, Imperial Naval Arsenal, Constantinople, was born in 1850 in Crete, where his father's ship was stationed at the time.
He was sent to the Naval College in 1864, and in 1869 was appointed, as sub-lieutenant, to serve under the tutorship of the Engineer-in-Chief of the Turkish Navy.
In 1873 he himself became Engineer-in-Chief and held this position until his retirement in 1909.
He was promoted to captain in 1879, colonel in 1887, rear-admiral in 1897, and vice-admiral in 1906.
He became a Member of the Institution in 1887 and regularly attended the Summer Meetings of the Institution until 1914.
He died on 31st August 1928.
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