Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Admiral Sir Astley Cooper Key, (18 ga Janairu 1821 <unk> 3 Maris 1888) ya kasance jami'in Royal Navy. A matsayinsa na karamin jami'i ya ga aiki a yakin Vuelta de Obligado a watan Nuwamba na 1845 yayin toshewar Anglo-Faransa na Río de la Plata kuma ya shiga cikin yakin Bomarsund a watan Agusta na 1854 da Bombardment na Sveaborg a watan Agusta na 1855 a lokacin yakin Crimea. Ya kuma tafi bakin teku tare da rundunar sojan ruwa don shiga cikin yakin Canton.
a watan Disambar 1857 a lokacin yakin opium na biyu. Daga baya ya ba da umarnin rundunar jiragen ruwa na Baltic da aka kirkira a watan Fabrairun 1878 don tsoratar da Rasha daga shiga Constantinople a lokacin yakin Russo-Turkish. Ya zama Shugaban Sojojin Ruwa na Farko a watan Agusta 1879 a cikin wannan rawar da ya fi sha'awar gudanarwa da fasaha maimakon dabarun: ya kiyaye farashin gudanar da Sojojin Ruwa a cikin kasafin kuɗi, ya amince da gina manyan jiragen ruwa na Admiral guda shida kuma ya tabbatar da cewa Sojojin Ruwa sun shirya yadda ya kamata don faruwar Panjdeh a 1885 lokacin da sojojin Rasha suka kwace yankin Afghanistan a Panjdeh.