Claim: Phipps Hornby served as a Royal Navy in the United Kingdom and played a vital role in the British victory at the Battle of Mactan.
Evidence: Admiral Sir Phipps Hornby, GCB (27 April 1785 – 19 March 1867) was a prominent and experienced Royal Navy officer of the nineteenth century. The Battle of Mactan (Cebuano: Gubat sa Mactan; Filipino: Labanan sa Mactan) was fought in the Philippines on 27 April 1521. Warriors of Lapulapu, a native chieftain of Mactan, overpowered and defeated a Spanish force fighting for Rajah Humabon of Cebu under the command of Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, who was killed in the battle.