Biographical entry Hampden, Augustus Charles Hobart- (1822 - 1886)

Born
1 April 1822
Walton on the Wolds, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
Died
19 June 1886
Milan, Italy
Occupation
Naval captain
Alternative Names
  • Hobart Pasha (Alternative name)

Summary

Augustus Charles Hobart-Hampden, often referred to as Hobart Pasha, was a career naval officer and adventurer who served in both the British Royal Navy and the Ottoman service.

Hobart Pasha's reputation as an expert in torpedo warfare was largely due to his successes in defeating Russian torpedo attacks on Turkish naval assets during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878.

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Published resources

Journal Articles

  • 'The Torpedo Scare', Engineering, vol. 40, 17 July 1885, p. 62. Details
  • 'Torpedo Warfare', Engineering, vol. 39, 19 June 1885, pp. 677-678. Details

Newspaper Articles

  • Pasha, Hobart, 'To the Editor of The Times', The Times, 27 December 1882, p. 5. Details

Online Resources

Sources used to compile this entry: Stanley Lane-Poole, 'Hampden, Augustus Charles Hobart- (1822-1886)', in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/13398.

Prepared by: Rebecca Rigby