Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Vinicombe Penrose KCB KCMG (20 June 1759 – 1 January 1830) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet.

[1] He took part in the Battle of Dogger Bank in 1781[1] and the capture of Martinique in 1793.

During 1813 he commanded a small squadron operating off northern Spain and south-western France[1] with his flag in HMS Porcupine.

[2] He coordinated naval support for the crossing of the river Adour in early 1814 that allowed the Anglo-Portuguese Army to isolate and invest Bayonne.

[1] Penrose then accepted the position of Second-in-Command under Exmouth but was appointed overall Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet again in May 1816.