A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Baker, Vashon
BAKER. (Lieutenant, 1839.)
Vashon Baker entered the Navy 4 Nov. 1824; passed his examination in 1831; served latterly, as Mate, in the Howe 120, flag-ship at the Nore of Sir Robt. Waller Otway; and obtained his commission 18 Oct. 1839. His appointments have since been – 9 Nov. 1839, to the Winchester 50, bearing the flag of Sir Thos. Harvey, in North America and the West Indies – 18 Feb. 1840, to the Serpent 16, Capt. Arthur Mayne Noad, in which vessel he returned to England – 14 Jan. 1841, to the Endymion 44, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Grey, on the East India station – and, 11 March, 1845, as First, to the Espiègle sloop, Capt. Thos. Pickering Thompson, with whom he still serves in the East. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.