Post-captain or post captain is an obsolete alternative form of the rank of captain in the Royal Navy. The term "post-captain" was descriptive only; it was never used as a title in the form "Post-Capt
1807 illustration of a post-captain
Captain John Harvey was a Royal Navy officer whose death in the aftermath of the battle of the Glorious First of June where he had commanded HMS Brunswick terminated a long and highly successful caree
Portrait by Gilbert Stuart
Portrait of Captain John Harvey of HMS Brunswick, by Richard Livesay
The Harvey & Hutt memorial in Westminster Abbey
Brunswick fighting the Achille and Vengeur du Peuple during the Glorious First of June