Some persons born in Canada went on to careers in Foreign navies and achieved high rank as Admirals or Commodores. Two who achieved flag rank in foreign navies retired to Canada. This is the definitive list of those names and the countries in whose navies they served.
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Some persons born in Canada went on to careers in Foreign navies and achieved high rank as Admirals or Commodores. Two who achieved flag rank in foreign navies retired to Canada. This is the definitive list of those names and the countries in whose navies they served.
France
United States
United Kingdom
India
Estonia
Turkey
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MacFarlane, John M. (2012) Canadians Who Served as Admirals in Foreign Navies. Nauticapedia.ca 2012. ../Articles/Admirals_Foreign_Served.php
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