Admiral Salmon Morrice (11 April 1672 – 25 March 1740) was a Royal Navy officer and Vice-admiral of the White.
[1] He was born on 11 April 1672 in Stepney to Captain William Morrice RN of Werrington in Devonshire (now part of Cornwall) and his wife Jane Salmon.
[3] On this very large ship, he served under three captains: Robert Deane, George Mees and James Killigrew, the latter being killed in his role.
[13] In 1714 he was given a shore based command as Commander-in-Chief of Portsmouth Naval Docks, a fairly important role.
[11] However, this post was purely symbolic, as the ship was not in active service at that point and was undergoing extensive works in Chatham Docks.
[17] After another six month interlude he was created Rear-Admiral of the White on 21 April 1727 under Admiral Sir John Norris.
He served in both the Red (advance) and Blue (vanguard) sections before becoming Vice Admiral of the White.
[1] His tomb, lying in a small vault attaching the side of the local church,[18] was sculpted by Peter Scheemakers.