Royal Naval Biography/Davies, John (b)
JOHN DAVIES (b), Esq.
[Commander.]
Obtained the rank of lieutenant on the 2d Feb. 1809; and served as such under Captain Nicholas Lockyer, in the Hound sloop, off Flushing; and Captain James Macnamara, in the Edgar and Berwick 74’s, on the Baltic and Channel stations. We lastly find him in the Queen Charlotte 120, bearing the flag of Lord Exmouth, at the battle of Algiers. He was made a commander on the 8th Oct. 1816.