David

David: The familiar Navy name for Admiral of the Fleet, Lord Beatty. At the Dogger Bank battle, on Lord Beatty (then Sir David Beatty) quitting his disabled flagship, HMS Lion, to hoist his flag on HMS Princess Royal, says Mr. Filson Young, in his With the Battle-Cruisers, "the stokers, who had come up from below, gathered round cheering, and in the enthusiasm of the moment one of them clapped him on the back as he stepped on to the destroyer's forecastle and shouted, 'Well done David!'"

See also: Naval Battle in the North Sea.