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James Richard Dacres (Royal Navy officer, born 1788)
James Richard Dacres, RN (22 August 1788 – 4 December 1853) was an officer of the Royal Navy who saw service during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, and the War of 1812. A member of a substantial naval dynasty, he eventually rose to the rank of vice admiral, but is chiefly remembered for his engagement with the American frigate which saw the loss of his ship, .
==Family and early life==
Dacres was born in Lowestoft on 22 August 1788, the son of Captain, later Vice-Admiral, James Richard Dacres and his wife Eleanor Blandford Pearce. The Dacres would eventually become a substantial naval dynasty, James's elder brother Barrington Dacres embarked on a naval career and rose to be post-captain, while their uncle, Richard Dacres became a vice-admiral. His cousin, Richard's son Sydney Dacres would eventually be an admiral, and First Sea Lord.〔 James Richard Dacres entered the navy in 1796 at the age of eight, serving aboard his father's old ship, the 64-gun , as a first class volunteer.〔 He moved aboard the 98-gun in 1797 and was present during the expedition to Ferrol in August 1800 as a lieutenant aboard the 74-gun HMS ''Impetueux''.〔
He was next reported aboard the 38-gun frigate , serving in the English Channel under Captain John Maitland.〔 On 24 July 1803 the French 74-gun third-rate ''Duguay-Trouin'' and the 38-gun frigate ''Guerrière'' were sighted sailing off Ferrol, Spain. Maitland decided to test whether the French ships were armed en flûte and were being used as troopships, and closing to within range, opened fire. The French returned fire, revealing they were fully armed and manned, and Maitland broke off. The French pursued, but were unable to catch him.〔〔 This marked Dacres's first encounter with the ''Guerrière'', a ship he was later to command under the British flag.
Dacres then moved to the West Indies, where his father was commander in chief of the Jamaica Station. He served for some time as flag lieutenant aboard and HMS ''Hercule'' before being appointed to his first command, that of the 18-gun ''Cruizer'' class brig-sloop .
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