A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Bainbridge, Joseph Andrew
BAINBRIDGE. (Lieutenant, 1826.)
Joseph Andrew Bainbridge died of yellow fever at Port Royal, Jamaica, in the early part, we believe, of 1846.
This officer entered the Navy, 30 Jan. 1812; passed his examination in 1819; and obtained his commission, 20 Nov. 1826. He was afterwards appointed – 30 April, 1834, to the President 52, flagship of Sir Geo. Cockburn – 15 May, 1835, to the Scylla 16, Capt. Edw. Geo. Carpenter – 18 May, 1836, to the Talavera 74, Capts. Thos. Ball Sulivan and Wm. Bowen Mends – 22 June, 1837, to the Donegal 78, Capts. Fras. Brace and John Drake – 18 Oct. 1838, to the Ganges 84, Capt. Barrington Reynolds – and, 14 May, 1842, as First Lieutenant, to the Cambridge 78, Capt. Edw. Barnard – on the North America and West India, Lisbon, and Mediterranean stations. From 28 Jan. 1843, until the period of his death, he commanded the Pickle schooner, in the West Indies. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.