Vice-Admiral Philip Durell (1707 – 26 August 1766) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Port Admiral at Plymouth.

[1] He was appointed captain of HMS Gloucester and took part in the defeat of the French Navy at Cape Ortegal off Spain in 1747.

[1] As captain of HMS Terrible from March 1755, he joined Rear-Admiral Francis Holburne's squadron supporting Vice-Admiral Edward Boscawen in North America off Louisbourg later that year.

[1] Becoming captain of HMS Trident he was part of Vice-Admiral John Byng's fleet which engaged the French at the Battle of Minorca.

The admiral's flagship nearly rear-ended Trident when Durell ordered the top mainsails aback in an attempt to cover HMS Intrepid which was, at that time, severely damaged.