A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Carpenter, Charles
CARPENTER. (Lieut., 1818. f-p., 11; h-p., 26.)
Charles Carpenter entered the Navy, 17 June, 1810, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Antelope 50, bearing the flag of Sir John Thos. Duckworth at Newfoundland, where he attained the rating of Midshipman 29 July, 1811, and continued to serve in the same ship, the Bellerophon 74, bearing the flag of Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats, and Hyperion 36, Capt. Wm. Pryce Cumby, until Nov. 1S13. He was afterwards, until Aug. 1815, employed with the latter officer in the Channel and Bay of Biscay, and assisted at the capture, 3 June, 1814, after a long chase, of the Rattlesnake American privateer, of 16 guns. Mr. Carpenter was next attached for some months to the St. George 100, and Impregnable 98, flag-ships of Sir J. T. Duckworth at Plymouth; and, from April, 1816, until his return home in Oct. 1820, he further served, under the flag of Sir Rich. King, Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies, on board the Magicienne and Orlando frigates, and in the Minden 74, of which ship he was confirmed a Lieutenant 20 Jan. 1818. He has not been employed since the close of 1820. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.