What position did the man who drowned at a Australian beach named after a naval ship hold?
Cheviot Beach Cheviot Beach is a beach near Point Nepean in Victoria, Australia. It was named after the SS "Cheviot", which broke up and sank nearby with the loss of 35 lives on 20 October 1887.
Robert Carthew Reynolds Rear-Admiral Robert Carthew Reynolds ("bap." 30 July 1745 – 24 December 1811) was a long serving and widely respected officer of the British Royal Navy who served in four separate major wars in a 52-year career. During this time he saw only one major battle, although was engaged in one of the most noted frigate actions of the French Revolutionary Wars, the destruction of the "Droits de l'Homme", in which his own frigate was driven ashore and wrecked. Reynolds died in 1811 during a great storm in late December, which scattered his convoy and wrecked three ships of the line including his own flagship HMS "St George". Over 2,000 British sailors, including Reynolds, were drowned.