Second in line in the “Weather Column” under Admiral Nelson, Temeraire captured two French ships and rescued the beleaguered HMS Victory. He enlisted as a Landsman on HMS Temeraire in August 1803, shortly after it had completed re-fitting at Plymouth.Īt the Battle of Trafalgar, 21 st October 1805, the Temeraire was under the command of Captain Eliab Harvey (1758-1830), subsequently Vice-Admiral, Sir Eliab Harvey. John Ephraim was born on the Calabar Coast, Africa c.1783 (Calabar is a port city in Nigeria, adjacent to the Calabar and Great Kwa rivers).
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