James Newman-Newman

James Newman-Newman
James Newman-Newman
	James Newman-Newman,; Archer James Oliver c. 1801
Born	1767
Died	25 December 1811 (aged 43–44); HMS Hero, on Haak Sand, Texel
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Rank	Captain
Battles/wars	French Revolutionary Wars Glorious First of June Capture of Loire Capture of Pallas; Napoleonic Wars Wreck of HMS Hero;

Captain James Newman-Newman (1767–1811) of the British Royal Navy was an officer who served in numerous actions with distinction during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars before his death in the wreck of his ship of the line HMS Hero, which was lost with two other battleships off the Northern European coast during a storm in December 1811. Over 2,000 sailors lost their lives.

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