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Dacres was promoted to Rear-Admiral of the Blue on 14 February 1799, two years to the day after the battle of Cape St
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rose to be a Vice-Admiral. Dacres retired from active service in 1809 having amassed considerable wealth from his time in
Jamaica. He did not live long to enjoy it though, dying on 6 January 1810 at the age of 60 after a fall from his horse.
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was escorting a troop convoy at the time, and Dacres acted to decoy the French frigate away from the convoy, eventually forcing the French to pursue the
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s share of the prize money came to £251,020 12s, which meant that even an ordinary seaman received the sum of £485 3s 4d. Dacres moved aboard
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took place on 14 February 1797. Dacres subsequently returned to
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James Richard Dacres (Royal Navy officer, born 1788)
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883:Benedict Arnold's Navy
758:Family and later life
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128:Years of service
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784:James Richard Dacres
629:The outbreak of the
388:had been bound from
327:French Revolutionary
311:James Richard Dacres
280:James Richard Dacres
25:James Richard Dacres
471:Sir Charles Douglas
345:Dacres was born in
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605:the Downs
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185:HMS
179:Maidstone
177:HMS
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881:Nelson.
726:Plymouth
680:Barfleur
672:Barfleur
648:Barfleur
564:St Lucia
482:Carleton
479:schooner
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386:Hermione
381:Hermione
325:and the
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146:Commands
108:Service/
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866:Tracy.
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690:Nemesis
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