 William Prowse CB 1752 23 March 1826 aiva mukuru weRoyal Navy, uyo akaona basa munguva yeAmerican War of Independence, uye French Revolutionary uye Napoleonic Wars. Achibva mumhuri yakaderera uye achishanda muuto rehondo somunhu aikwanisa kufamba mugungwa, aiva nebasa rakabudirira zvikuru, achishumira pasi pevamwe vatungamiriri vehondo vakakurumbira zvikuru vomunguva yokufamba nengarava, uye achibatanidzwa mukukunda kwavo kukuru. Akanga ari paGrenada neMartinique pasi paByron naRodney, Glorious First yaJune pasi paHowe; uye akatungamira ngarava paCape St Vincent pasi paJervis, Cape Finisterrepasi paCalder naTrafalgar pasi paNelson. Akapedza basa rake nokushumira nokusiyanisa muMediterranean, uye akafa aine chinzvimbo cheRear-Admiral. 