A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Baikie, John
BAIKIE. (Lieut., 1807. f-p., 14; h-p., 33.)
John Baikie entered the Navy, 31 Oct. 1800, as Fst.-cl. Boy, on board the Lynx sloop, Capts. Alex. Skene and John Willoughby Marshall, stationed in the North Sea; and, from Feb. 1803, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 4 Feb. 1807, officiated as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, on the Newfoundland and Home stations, of the Lapwing 18, Barfleur 98, and Camilla and Aimable frigates, Capts. A. Skene, Fras. Wm. Fane, Geo. Martin, Sir Robt. Barlow, Joseph Sydney Yorke, John Tower, and Clotworthy Upton. His subsequent appointments were – 7 Feb. 1807, to the Majestic 74, bearing the flag in the North Sea of Vice-Admiral Thos. Macnamara Russell – 8 May, 1810, to the Dictator 64, Capt. Robt. Williams, in which ship we find him employed in the arduous duty of affording protection to the different convoys passing through the Great Belt, and, on 5th July, 1811, contributing to the repulse of a Danish flotilla consisting of 17 gun-vessels and 10 heavy row-boats – and, 25 March, 1812, to the Gloucester 74, bearing the flag at first of Rear-Admiral John Ferrier in the North Sea, and afterwards engaged, under Capt. Williams, in escorting a fleet to the Leeward Islands, the 90th regiment to Quebec, and the trade from Barbadoes. Lieut. Baikie, who was paid off in Oct. 1814, has not since been employed.