James Richard Dacres

James Richard Dacres

Vice Admiral James Richard Dacres, RN (August 22, 1788December 4, 1853) was an English naval officer, born at Lowestoft. He entered the navy in 1796, accompanied the expedition sent against Ferrol, and in 1806 was promoted captain and put in command of the sloop "Bacchante". After distinguished service he was in 1811 transferred to the "Guerrière". Upon the loss of that vessel in the famous contest with the "Constitution" he was taken aboard the latter - he and Captain Isaac Hull were intimate friends - and subsequently paroled at Boston. By the courtmartial assembled in 1812 he was honorably acquitted of all blame for the surrender of his vessel. In 1815, while commanding the "Tiber", he captured the "Leo", an American privateer {Captain George Coggeshell}. He became a rear admiral in 1838, commander at the Cape of Good Hope in 1845, and vice admiral in 1848.

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