Note 76 — BARFLEUR, 98
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Billy Culmer is a familiar character in the gossiping memoirs of the old war, e.g. Greenwich Hospital, by the Old Sailor (M. H. Barker). From Gardner’s account of him, we may fairly believe that Barker’s anecdotes are also genuine. It is noted in the Barfleur’s pay-book, that he was born in Bridgwater, and was 35 in 1790. Of course, this is by no means conclusive evidence of the fact.