A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Boultbee, Joseph Bage
BOULTBEE. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 14; h-p., 28.)
Joseph Bage Boultbee, born 6 Jan. 1791, is cousin of Capt. F. M. Boultbee, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 5 Aug. 1805, as Midshipman, on board the Hind 28, Capt. Fras. Wm. Fane, stationed in the Mediterranean, where, in 1806, while escorting a convoy of victuallers from off Cadiz to Gibraltar, that frigate was attacked by a flotilla of gun-boats, whom, however, she succeeded in defeating. After an attachment of more than twelve months with Capt. Fane to the Cambrian 40, during which period he appears to have been actively employed in co-operation with the patriots on the north coast of Spain, Mr. Boultbee removed, in Aug. 1809, to the Kent 74, Capt. Thos. Rogers; and on 13 Dec. 1810, took part in a gallant but unfortunate attack made by the boats of a squadron under Capt. Fane upon the enemy’s shipping in the Mole of Palamos, where, out of 600 seamen and marines who were landed, a full third were killed, wounded, or taken prisoners. Having passed his examination in Nov. 1811, and been occupied for a short time on board the Hibernia 120, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, he was confirmed to a Lieutenancy, 25 Jan. 1813, in the Shearwater 10, Capts. W. Smith and John Townsend Coffin, in the boats of which vessel, in conjunction with those of the Volontaire and Undaunted, we find him employed in an attempt to capture a convoy in the Bay of Marseilles. The Shearwater being paid off in Oct. 1814, Mr. Boultbee next, on 13 Dec, 1821, joined the Grasshopper 18, Capt. David Buchan, whom he accompanied to Newfoundland. His last appointments were, 1 Sept. 1837, and 1 July, 1838, to the Téméraire 104, and Ocean 80, successive guard-ships at Sheerness. He has been on half-pay since 1841.
Lieut. Boultbee married, 7 May, 1822, and has issue a daughter. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.