A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Crotty, William
CROTTY. (Lieut., 1809. f-p., 18; h-p., 36.)
William Crotty was born 7 July, 1772.
This officer entered the Navy (into which he was impressed), 23 May, 1793, as A.B., on board the Orestes 18, Capt. Lord Augustus Fitzroy, stationed in the Channel; served next, from Jan. 1794, to Jan. 1799, in the Resolution 74, flag-ship in North America of Rear-Admirals Murray and Vandeput; and on then joining La Seine, of 48 guns and 281 men, was present, 21 Aug. 1800, at the capture, in the Mona Passage, of La Vengeance, of 52 guns and 326 men, after a brilliant contest of two hours and a half, in which the British lost 13 men killed and 29 wounded, and the French more than twice that number. Until the peace of Amiens he further served in the West Indies as Midshipman of the Carnatic 74, Capt. Edw. Tyrrell Smith; after which we find him successively joining, between 1 Jan. 1804, and the date of his promotion, 25 March, 1809 – the Louisa and Maria, hired armed tenders, both under the command of Lieut. John Keenan – Hibernia 110, and London 98, flag-ships in the Channel of Lord Gardner and Earl St. Vincent – Tartarus sloop, Capt. Thos. Fras. Chas. Mainwaring, in which he received a wound at the bombardment of Copenhagen in Sept. 1807 – and Vixen gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Mayson Wright. From 10 Nov. 1809, until 19 Feb. 1814, Mr. Crotty lastly served, on the Plymouth and Newfoundland stations, as Lieutenant of the Pheasant 18, Capt. John Palmer. He has not since been afloat.
Lieut. Crotty has been in the enjoyment, since 4 April, 1844, of a pension for wounds of 8l. He married 5 March, 1815; and has had issue 17 children.