A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Nagle, Archibald
NAGLE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 32.)
Archibald Nagle entered the Navy, 2 Sept. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Royal Sovereign 100, Capts. Mark Robinson, John Conn, Edw. Rotheram, and Fras. Pender; and after sharing under the flag of Vice-Admiral Collingwood in the action off Cape Trafalgar, removed, in Jan. 1806, to the Renown 74, Capt. Philip Chas. Durham, employed at first off Rochefort and then in the Mediterranean; where, in Oct. 1809, he witnessed, as Midshipman, the self-destruction of the French ships of the line Bohuste and Lion. Joining next, in March, 1810, the Nisus 38, Capt. Philip Beaver, he assisted under that officer at the reduction of the Isles of France and Java. On leaving the Nisus he served for a short time in the spring of 1813 in the Lion 64, Capt. Henderson Bain, at the Cape of Good Hope. He attained the rank of Lieutenant 14 March, 1815; and was afterwards, in 1829-30, employed in the Coast Blockade as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Ramillies and Talavera 74’s, Capt. Hugh Pigot. He has since been on half-pay. Agents – Goode and Lawrence.