page_title: George Augustus Westphal
section_title: Early life
hierarchical_section_title: George Augustus Westphal / Early life
caption_attribution_description: English: George Augustus Westphal Birthplace Plaque, Dartmouth Heritage Museum, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
context_page_description: Sir George Augustus Alexander Westphal was a Nova Scotian admiral in the Royal Navy who served in more than 100 actions. He was midshipman on HMS Victory during the Battle of Trafalgar.
context_section_description: Westphal was born on 26 July 1785 in Nova Scotia, the son of George Westphal and older brother of Admiral Philip Westphal.
  He joined the Royal Navy aged 13 as a first class volunteer on board the Royal navy frigate HMS Porcupine stationed in North America. Later he  moved to serve on the home station and in the West Indies as a Masters mate and midshipman on HMS Echo and HMS Tisiphone.
  In March 1803 Westphal joined the 32 gun fifth rate frigate HMS Amphion as a midshipman whilst transporting Horatio Nelson to the Mediterranean to take command. Westphal was transferred to HMS Victory.
caption: Royal Nova Scotia Historical Society Plaque to Westphal's Birthplace, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia (Dartmouth Heritage Museum)
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