OFFICERS’ NAMES
Sir Francis W. Drake, Vice-Admiral.[[31]]
Dead. Admiral.
Mark Milbanke, Vice-Admiral.
Dead [1805]. Admiral of the white.—[D.N.B.]
Thos. Piercy, Captain.
Dead. An excellent officer; he was taken prisoner[[32]] with Sir Richard Pearson by Paul Jones.
Robt. Simonton, Captain.
Dead. An excellent officer. After repeated applications for employment which he could not obtain, he was made, on the promotion of flags, a rear-admiral on the retired list. He commanded the Superb, 74, in the East Indies (1779–81), and had seen a great deal of service.
Richard Dorrel, 1st Lieutenant.
A commander; a good officer.
Francis Brooks, 2nd Lieutenant.
Dead. A good officer.
Montagu, 3rd Lieutenant.
Dead. A good officer.
Alexander Fraser, 1st Lieutenant.
Dead [1829]. A vice-admiral of the red; a very smart officer.—[Marshall, ii. 458.]
[James] Murray, 2nd Lieutenant.
Dead. A quiet, good fellow.
Tillman, Acting Lieutenant.
Uncertain.
[John] Wade, Master.
Dead. A brave and meritorious officer.
[Ben.] Forrester, Captain of Marines.
Dead. As brave and generous a soul as ever lived, but thoughtless, and died unfortunate.
Geo. Noble, Lieutenant of Marines.
Dead. A captain in the militia, a brave and generous fellow.
[Robert] Anderson, Surgeon.
Dead. Highly respected.
[James] Malcolm, Surgeon.
Dead. Highly respected. See Edgar.
[John] Price, Purser.
Dead. I want words to express my gratitude and respect for his memory.
[James] Brander, Boatswain.
Dead. A worthy veteran sailor.
[Thomas] Dawson, Boatswain.
Dead. A good seaman, but severe.
[James] Fraser, Gunner.
Dead. Much respected; kept a stationer’s shop at Plymouth Dock.
Cock, Carpenter.
Dead. A good man; no dandy.
Robert Sturges, Mate.
Killed in battle [20th Oct. 1782]; a most worthy gentleman.
[Thomas] Connell [Quarter gunner; Mid.], Mate and Acting Lieutenant.
Dead. A brave Irishman.
[Edward] Forster, Midshipman—[aftds. Mr’s Mate].
Dead. Herculean Irishman; a terror to the dockyard maties.
[Thomas] Watson, Midshipman.
Dead. A glorious noisy fellow.
Samuel Simmonds, Midshipman.
Dead. Called Yellow Sam.
[James] Taylor, Midshipman.
Dead. A smart fellow.
[James] Taylor 2nd, Midshipman.
Dead. A pilot at Deal, called South Sands Head.
[Luke] Campbell, [Clerk, then] Midshipman doing duty as Schoolmaster.
Dead. A very clever, good fellow.
[William] Neate, Midshipman.
Dead. Neat in his dress; a fiery, good fellow.
John Foularton, Midshipman.
Dead. A very brave fellow, but half mad.
Richard Danton, Midshipman.
Dead. A respectable pilot at Deal.
Martin Pert Hartley, Midshipman.
Uncertain. A quiet, good fellow.
[Robert] Skirret, Midshipman.
Uncertain. A good-natured Irishman.
[Alexander] Thompson, Surgeon’s Assistant.
Uncertain. A gentleman; skilful in his profession.
[Richard] Pickering, Clerk.
Dead. A worthy fellow while on board, but turned out thoughtless and unfortunate.
Flanagan, Under Clerk.
A Purser. A gentleman; since dead.
J. A. Gardner, Midshipman. [Ord., 8th Feb. 1782; A.B., 1 Oct. 1782; Mid., 1 Jan. 1783.]
A commander.