A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Day, Bartholomew George Smith
DAY. (Lieutenant, 1815.)
Bartholomew George Smith Day entered the Navy, 27 Nov. 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Amsterdam frigate, Capt. Wm. Ferris, employed in the West Indies; and, on next joining the Revenge 74, Capt. Robt. Moorsom, took part, as Midshipman, in the battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805. Until Nov. 1808, he afterwards became attached in succession, on the Channel and Halifax stations, to the Medusa 32, Capt. Hon. Duncombe Pleydell Bouverie, Leopard 50, flag-ship of the Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley, and Chibucto and Bream schooners, both commanded by Lieut. Geo. Gover Miall. Being then appointed Acting-Master of the Supérieure sloop, Capts. Wm. Ferrie, Humphrey Fleming Senhouse, Henry Conyngham Coxen, and Robt. Russell, he assisted, in company with the Horatio and Latona, at the capture, on 10 Feb. 1809, of the French 40-gun frigate La Junon, after a contest in which the Supérieure figured very conspicuously; and, in the same and the following year, he was also present at the reduction of the islands of Martinique, Guadeloupe, and St. Martin. Between Oct. 1810 and his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, – which took place 11 Feb. 1815, three years after he had passed his examination, – Mr. Day appears to have been next employed – in the Royal Sovereign yacht, in the river Thames – the Dominica sloop, Capt. Robt. Hockings, and Queen 74, flag-ship of Sir Fras. Laforey, both on the West India station – and the Cyrus 20, Capt. Wm. Fairbrother Carroll, off the coast of France. From April to Sept. 1815, he afterwards served in the Slaney 20, Capt. Geo. Rose Sartorius; but since the latter date he has not been afloat.
Lieut. Day, when in the Bream, in Chesapeake Bay, had the good fortune to suppress a mutiny which had broken out on board that vessel. He holds an appointment at present in the Quarantine Service. Agent – J. Hinxman.