A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Batten, Charles
BATTEN. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9; h-p., 32.)
Charles Batten was born 27 Jan. 1793.
This officer entered the Navy, 2 May, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Combatant 22, Capt. Alex. Rich. MacKenzie, with whom he continued to serve, in the same ship and the Zenobia 18, on the Baltic, Home, America, and Lisbon stations, until Jan. 1812. He was in attendance on Commodore Owen’s rocket-expedition against Boulogne, took part in the subsequent sieges of Dantzic and Copenhagen, as also in the operations of 1809 against Flushing, where the Zenobia had the honour of leading a division of the fleet, and was employed, in 1810-11, at the defence of Cadiz. Removing, as Master’s Mate, in Jan. 1812, to the Vengeur 74, Capts. Thos. Dundas and Tristram Robt. Ricketts, he eventually served on shore with the army during the attack on New Orleans, and contributed to the fall of Fort Bowyer, the last hostile operation of the American war. Since the receipt of his commission, which bears date 14 Feb. 1815, Lieut. Batten has been on half-pay.