A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Goodridge, Richard
GOODRIDGE. (Lieut., 1819. f-p., 18; h-p., 21.)
Richard Goodridge entered the Navy, 26 July, 1808, as Sec.-cl. Boy, on board the Téméraire 98, Capt. Sir Chas. Hamilton, bearing the flag afterwards, in the Baltic and off the Port of Cadiz, of Rear-Admirals Manley Dixon and Fras. Pickmore, in which ship he continued to serve, the last 18 months as Midshipman, until March, 1811. Joining then the Unité, 36, Capt. Edwin Henry Chamberlayne, he took part, on 1 of the following May, and was wounded, in a very gallant action of an hour and a half in Sagone Bay, where that frigate, in company with the Pomone 38, and Scout 18, effectually destroyed the two armed store-ships Giraffe and Nourrice, each mounting from 20 to 30 guns, and protected by a 5-gun battery, a martello tower, and a body of about 200 regular troops. He also, on 29 Nov. in the same year, assisted in capturing, after a severe running fight of four hours, the 26-gun store-ship La Persanne, who, until the moment of her surrender, had been taken for a frigate. In Jan. 1813, Mr. Goodridge removed for a few months to the Pylades sloop, Capt. Jas. Wemyss, but then rejoined the Unité, and continued to serve in that frigate until transferred, in Oct. 1814, to the Menai 24, Capt. Watkin Owen Pell. On his return home from North America, in Jan. 1817, he joined the Coast Blockade, as Midshipman of the Severn 40, Capt. Wm. M‘Culloch; under whom he remained until promoted 16 Aug. 1819. Mr. Goodridge – who appears to have been again employed in the same service, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant, from 12 May, 1829, to Sept. 1830, of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye – has been in charge, since 6 Dec. 1841, of a station in the Coast Guard.