John Carter Allen

In 1758/9 he temporarily replace Captain John Strachan on HMS Sapphire, capturing the French privateer "Le Saint Michel" on 1 February 1759.

Due to his success on Experiment, in August 1759 he was given command of the newly captured 32-gun French frigate HMS Repulse in which he was part of force sent to destroy the Fortress of Louisbourg alongside Captain John Byron.

[1] In July 1761 he escorted a convoy to the West Indies under the flag of Admiral James Douglas and joined his squadron in the capture of Dominica on 8 June.

In May 1770 he took command of HMS Ajax a newly launched ship of the line with 74 guns and 500 crew, based in Cork harbour.

On 29 August 1782 he was one of the presiding officers in the inquiry into the loss of HMS Royal George upon which 900 persons had died including Captain Richard Kempenfelt.

He was promoted to Rear Admiral of the White in September 1787 and passed command of Royal William to Captain George Gayton in 1790.