A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Ayre, Charles
AYRE. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 8; h-p., 32.)
Charles Ayre entered the Navy, 5 April, 1807, as Master’s Mate, on board the Hound sloop, Capt. Nich. Lockyer, and in that vessel was present at the embarkation of the Marquis de la Romana’s army at Nyeborg, in Aug. 1803. From Oct. 1809, until April, 1812, he served off Cherbourg and in the Downs on board the Naïad 38, Capts. Henry Hill and PhiUp Carteret; and then joining the Junon 38, Capts. Jas. Sanders and Clotworthy Upton, proceeded, as Acting-Lieutenant to North America, where he took part in many of the operations in the Chesapeake, and contributed to a victory gained by the Junon, Narcissus, and Barossa, over 15 of the enemy’s gun-boats whose discomfiture was accomplished after an action of three hours, in which the Junon had 2 men killed and 3 wounded, 20 June, 1813. He subsequently served on board the Mohawk sloop, Capt. Hen. Litchfield, and was Acting-Lieutenant of transports under Capt. Thos. Delafons, in the expedition to New Orleans. He obtained his official promotion 2 Nov. 1815, but has not since been afloat. Agent – Chippendale.