A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Dew, George
DEW. (Lieutenant, 1815. f-p., 8; h-p., 31.)
George Dew entered the Navy, 7 March, 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Comet 18, Capts. Cuthbert Featherstone Daly and Rich. Henry Muddle; under the former of whom he joined, 11 Aug. following, in a very gallant pursuit of three of the enemy’s corvettes, one of whom, La Sylphe of 18 guns, was ultimately brqught to close action, and in 20 minutes compelled to surrender. Between April, 1811, and Feb. 1813, he next served, in the North Sea and Mediterranean, as Midshipman of the Hannibal 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Philip Chas. Durham, Cossack frigate, Capt. Wm. King, and Kent 74, Capt. Thos. Rogers. He then joined the {{sc|Pheoee, of 46 guns and 300 men, Capt. Jas. Hillyar; and on 28 March, 1814, being off Valparaiso, in company with the 18-gun sloop Cherub, assisted, as Master’s Mate, at the capture of the American frigate Essex of 46 guns and 265 men, who struck her colours at the close of a warm action of two hours, in which the Phoebe lost 4 men killed and 7 wounded, and herself 24 killed and 45 wounded. Mr. Dew was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 8 March, 1815; but did not quit the Phoebe until paid off in Aug. following. Since that period he has not been employed.