DURHAM, ADMIRAL

DURHAM, ADMIRAL
   entered the navy in 1777; was officer on the watch when the Royal George went down off Spithead, and the only one with Captain Waghorn who escaped; served as acting-lieutenant of a ship under Lord Howe at the relief of Gibraltar, and commanded the Defence, a ship of 74 guns, at the battle of Trafalgar (1763-1815).

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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