A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Borrowman, William
BORROWMAN. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 32.)
William Borrowman entered the Navy, 4 Nov. 1805, as A.B. on board the Nassau 64, Capt. Robt. Campbell; attained the rating of Midshipman 2 March, 1806; and was employed in blockading the Texel until 1807, when he attended the expedition to Copenhagen. We subsequently (on the Nassau’s hard-wrought extrication from a mass of ice in which she had been blocked up during the whole winter) find him present, in company with the Stately 64, at the capture and destruction, 22 March, 1808, off the coast of Zealand, of the Danish 74-gun ship Prindts Christian Frederic, after a running fight of great length and obstinacy, in which the Nassau sustained a loss of 2 men killed and 16 wounded. From Nov. 1809, until April, 1814, Mr. Borrowman served, as Master’s Mate, on board the Eagle 74, Capt. Chas. Rowley, and during that period, in the participation of much active service on the Mediterranean station, assisted in taking, 27 Nov. 1811, the French frigate La Corceyre, mounting 28 guns; and witnessed the reduction, in July and Oct. 1813, of Fiumé and Trieste. He afterwards accompanied Capt. Rowley, on his advancement to the rank of Rear-Admiral, and nomination to the Chief Command at the Nore, into the Namur 74; while serving in which ship he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 1 Feb. 1815.. Being next appointed, on 3 April following, to the Daphne 22, Capt. Jas. Green, he cruized on the Leith station and in the Bay of Biscay until Sept. in the same year, when he returned to port, and was paid off; He has not since been afloat.