James Gordon (Royal Navy officer) James Gordon (Royal Navy officer) Admiral of the Fleet Sir James Alexander Gordon, GCB (6 October 1782 – 8 January 1869) was a Royal Navy officer. As a volunteer, he fought at the Battle of Groix, at the Battle of the Glorious First of June and at the Battle of Cape St Vincent during the French Revolutionary Wars and then, as a midshipman, served under Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson at the Battle of the Nile. Gordon became commanding officer of the 28-gun frigate which took part of a hard-fought action between three British ships and the combined forces of a
Naval Officer-in-Charge, Aden Naval Officer-in-Charge, Aden The Naval Officer-in-Charge, Aden was a administrative shore based command appointment of British Royal Navy originally established in 1839 as the "Senior Naval Officer, Aden" who was responsible superintending Aden Naval Base known as the Aden Station including its facilities and staff until 1967. It was a sub-command of the Flag Officer, Middle East. In 1839 the Royal Navy carried out an operation called the Aden Expedition led by Captain Henry Smith under orders from the Commander-in-Chief, East Indies in the south east Arabian Peninsula its occupation of Aden was mainly for strategic reasons as Aden provided