![]() Majestic 's first lieutenant, Robert Cuthbert took over and continued the battle. Westcott was hit by a musket ball in the throat and killed. Trapped for several minutes, Majestic suffered heavy casualties. In the darkness and smoke she collided with Heureux and became entangled in her rigging. Majestic was towards the rear of the British line, and did not come into action until late in the battle. ![]() When Nelson located the French fleet at anchor at Aboukir Bay, he quickly ordered the British into the attack. Nelson was searching for the French fleet under Vice-Admiral François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers. Majestic then joined John Jervis off Cadiz, where Westcott was ordered to take her to join Rear-admiral Nelson in the Mediterranean. Majestic then joined the Channel Fleet, and was present at the Spithead Mutiny in April and May 1797. He went to the West Indies, but returned with Sir John Laforey in June 1796. Westcott was then present at the Glorious First of June in 1794, afterwards following Caldwell aboard HMS Majestic. When London was paid off in late 1791, Westcott went onto half-pay until becoming Rear-Admiral Benjamin Caldwell's flag captain aboard HMS Impregnable in September 1793. He was promoted to captain on 1 October 1790, and became flag captain aboard HMS London. On 1 December 1787 Westcott was promoted to commander and between 17 had command of the sloop HMS Fortune. ![]() Salisbury was at that time the flagship of Commodore John Elliot. He briefly served aboard HMS Medway, before becoming first lieutenant of HMS Salisbury between 17. Wescott returned to Gibraltar under Lord Howe, and was then in action again at the Battle of Cape Spartel in October 1782. He was then present at Kempenfelt's victory at the Second Battle of Ushant on 12 December 1781. In November that year Westcott moved aboard HMS Victory, then the flagship of Rear-Admiral Richard Kempenfelt. He was present with Vice-Admiral George Darby's fleet when they relieved Gibraltar in April 1781. Under her captain, Samuel Granston Goodall, Valiant was present at the First Battle of Ushant on 27 July 1778, after which Westcott and Valiant joined the fleet under Sir Charles Hardy in 1779. He passed his lieutenant's examination on 10 January 1776 and received his promotion to that rank on 6 August 1777, moving aboard HMS Valiant. He then moved aboard HMS Albion, where he spent the next three years under Samuel Barrington and John Leveson-Gower. He spent five years aboard Solebay, rising to the rank of midshipman, and spending time under George Vandeput. ![]() He joined the Navy sometime between 17, and by 1768 he was serving as master's mate aboard the frigate HMS Solebay. Westcott was born in Honiton, Devon and baptized 23rd April 1753 to parents Benjamin, a baker, and mother Susanna Westcott. He was one of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson's Band of Brothers at the Battle of the Nile in 1798, in which battle he was killed. He served during the American Revolutionary and the French Revolutionary Wars, eventually rising to the rank of Captain. 24 April 1753 – 1 August 1798) was an officer of the Royal Navy. George Westcott, detail of an engraving produced after the Battle of the Nile, depicting the 15 captains involved ![]()
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