Alexander Graeme

Alexander Graeme
Born	9 December 1741 Graemeshall, Orkney
Died	5 August 1818 Edinburgh
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Rank	Admiral
Commands held	HMS Kingfisher HMS Tartar Santa Margarita HMS Glory Nore Command
Battles/wars	American Revolutionary War French Revolutionary Wars

Admiral Alexander Graeme (9 December 1741 – 5 August 1818) was a Royal Navy officer who became Commander-in-Chief, The Nore.

Naval career

Graeme became commanding officer of the sloop HMS Kingfisher in February 1776 and saw action at the Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet in June 1776 during the American Revolutionary War.^[1] He went on to be commanding officer of the sixth-rate HMS Tartar in July 1779, in which he took part in the action of 11 November 1779, seizing the Spanish 38-gun frigate Santa Margarita off Cape Finisterre.^[2] After that he became commanding officer of the fourth-rate HMS Preston, in which he lost his arm during an action off Dogger Bank, in November 1781 and then became commanding officer of the second-rate HMS Glory in January 1795.^[3] He was appointed Commander-in-Chief, The Nore in June 1799 and retired as Admiral of the White.^[3]

References

Sources

• Allen, Joseph (1853). Battles of the British Navy 1. H.G. Bohn. 
• Williams, Thomas (2008). America's First Flag Officer - Father of the American Navy. Bloomington, Indiana: AuthorHouse. ISBN 978-1-4343-8653-3.