by John Marshall, Royal Naval Biography — Moorsom… (1823)
“ She sustained a loss of 28 men killed, and 51 wounded. Among the latter number was her commander. At the grand procession from Greenwich Hospital, on the occasion of the public funeral of the heroic Nelson, Captain Moorsom bore that lamented nobleman’s great banner. On the 28th April, 1808, he was nominated to one of the vacant Colonelcies of Royal Marines, and about the same time, selected by Lord Mulgrave to be his Private Secretary. He afterwards took a seat at the Board of Admiralty, which he held till July, 1809, when he was appointed Surveyor-General of the Ordnance ”
