| 词条 | Alexander Graeme |
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|name= Alexander Graeme |birth_date=December 9, 1741 |death_date={{Death date and age|1818|8|5|1741|12|9}} |birth_place= Graemeshall, Orkney |death_place= Edinburgh |image= |caption= |nickname= |allegiance= {{flag|Kingdom of Great Britain}} |serviceyears= |rank= Admiral |commands=HMS Kingfisher HMS Tartar Santa Margarita HMS Glory Nore Command |branch={{navy|Kingdom of Great Britain}} |unit= |battles=American Revolutionary War French Revolutionary Wars |awards= |laterwork= }} Admiral Alexander Graeme (9 December 1741 – 5 August 1818) was a Royal Navy officer who became Commander-in-Chief, The Nore. Naval careerBorn at Graemeshall in Orkney,[1] Graeme became commanding officer of the sloop HMS Kingfisher in February 1776 and saw action at the Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet in June 1776 during the American Revolutionary War.[2] He went on to be commanding officer of the sixth-rate HMS Tartar in July 1779, in which he took part in the action of 11 November 1779, seizing the Spanish 38-gun frigate Santa Margarita off Cape Finisterre.[3] After that he became commanding officer of the fourth-rate HMS Preston, in which he lost his arm during an action off Dogger Bank, in November 1781 and then became commanding officer of the second-rate HMS Glory in January 1795.[4] He was appointed Commander-in-Chief, The Nore in June 1799 and retired as Admiral of the White.[4] Graeme lived his later life at 87 Princes Street in Edinburgh's New Town.[5] Graeme died in Edinburgh on 5 August 1818 aged 76 and was buried in Greyfriars Kirkyard in the centre of Edinburgh.[6] References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://inchbrakie.tripod.com/abookofthegraemes/id64.html|title=The Graemes of Graemeshall in Orkney|accessdate=19 December 2015}} 2. ^Williams 2008, p. 75 3. ^Allen, p. 255 4. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.robertwhitton.eu/person.php?id=11518&fam=1&pat=Graeme|title=Alexander Graeme|publisher=Robert Whitton|accessdate=1 January 2015}} 5. ^Edinburgh and Leith Post Office Directory, 1816-17 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://blogarchive.rmg.co.uk/memorials/m555/|title=Alexander Graeme|publisher=Maritime Memorials|accessdate=19 December 2015}} Sources
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