A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Barrett, Joseph Faubiel
BARRETT. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 32; h-p., 12.)
Joseph Faubiel Barrett, born 24 Sept. 1793, is brother of Wm. Barrett, Esq., Purser and Paymaster, R.N. (1810); and uncle of Lieut. Sam. Fowell, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 4 Aug. 1803, as Third-cl. Vol., on board the Borer gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander John Price, stationed in the North Sea. In May, 1804, he joined the Aurora 28, Capt. Micajah Malbon, off Newfoundland; and on accompanying the latter officer into the Hebe 32, participated in several skirmishes with the Invasion flotilla off Calais, Boulogne, and Dieppe, and on reaching the West Indies assisted in capturing, besides a variety of other vessels, the Voladore Spanish man-of-war brig, of 20 guns, and a large part of her convoy. Returning home, in Oct. 1809, as Midshipman of the Sandwich 12, Lieut.-Commander Foley, Mr. Barrett became attached to the Cadmus 10, Capt. Thos. Fife; while under whose command we find him figuring in several cutting-out affairs on the coast of France, and, on the occasion of the destruction of a fleet of merchant-vessels in St. Mary’s Bay, Oléron, gallantly rescuing the Semaphore signals from a brig that had already been set in flames. He was subsequently wounded in cutting out a vessel under the grand batteries of Belleisle, and on 3 March, 1810, while master of a prize which had been similarly captured, was wrecked, taken prisoner, and sent to Verdun, where he remained until the peace of 1814. From April to Aug. 1815, he next officiated as Midshipman and Master’s Mate of the Royal Sovereign 100, flag-ship of Sir Benj. Hallowell. He obtained his commission on 7 Dec. in the same year; was afterwards employed for nearly four years on the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Ramillies and Talavera 74’s, both commanded by Capt. Hugh Pigot; and since 7 Sept. 1830, has been in charge of a station in the Coast Guard.
He married, 24 Sept. 1816, and has issue five children. Agent – Joseph Woodhead.