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
David Blackburn (Royal Navy officer) dislike to the voyage begins gradually to wear off". "Supply" was part of the advance party of ships which arrived in Botany Bay on 18 January. Blackburn also joined Phillip's expedition in search of a better location for the settlement, and describes Sydney Harbour as "excellent and extensive". He died of illness on 10 January 1795 at Haslar Naval Hospital, Gosport, Hampshire, England. David Blackburn (Royal Navy officer) David Blackburn (1753–1795) was a Royal Navy officer. He was the Master of in the First Fleet that established the British settlement in New South Wales, Australia in 1788. Blackburn was born