page_title: John Quilliam
section_title: Battle of Trafalgar
hierarchical_section_title: John Quilliam / Biography / Career / Battle of Trafalgar
caption_attribution_description: English: Balcony House, the home of Captain John Quilliam
context_page_description: Captain John Quilliam RN was a Royal Navy officer who served as first lieutenant on HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar. He was a farmer's son who was impressed into the Royal Navy in 1794.
context_section_description: Quilliam was the senior lieutenant on the Victory being responsible for safety, part of this remit seeing him develop an emergency system in order to steer the ship. He assisted in steering Victory into action at Trafalgar, his system coming into effect early in the battle, when having sustained damage to her steering gear Victory required all Quilliam's experience in order for her to continue to remain seaworthy. 
  A contemporary report stated:
  "Just as she (the Victory) had got about 500 yards of the larboard beam of the Bucentaure the Victory's mizzen-topmast was shot away, about two-thirds up. A shot also struck and knocked to pieces the wheel; and the ship was obliged to be steered from the gun room, the First Lieutenant John Quilliam and master Thomas Atkinson, relieving each other at the duty." 
  — James's Naval History of Great Britain
caption: Heritage plaque on the former home of Capt. Quilliam
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