A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Greene, Thomas
GREENE. (Commander, 1833. f-p., 3; h-p., 12.)
Thomas Greene entered the Navy, in Jan. 1812, as a Volunteer, on board the Tonnant 80, Capt. Sir .John Gore, stationed in the Channel. In June following he became Midshipman of the Fawn 20, Capt. Thos. Fellowes, in which ship, we believe, after accompanying a convoy to the West Indies, he assisted at the recapture of the Perthshire letter-of-marque, of 14 guns, and destruction of the Rosamund, a notorious American privateer, of 8 heavy guns and 105 men. From Oct. 1813 until June, 1817, he was employed, on the Home station, in the Eridanus 36, Capts. Hen. Prescott, Wm. Paterson, and Wm. King; and between the latter date and March, 1823, he further served, on the Cork, West India, Home, and South American stations, in the Tonnant 80, flag-ship of Sir Benj. Hallowell, Tribune 36, Capt. Nesbit Josiah Willoughby, Tartar frigate. Commodore Sir Geo. Ralph Collier, Bulwark and Gloucester 74’s, bearing each the flag of Sir B. Hallowell, and Beaver 10, Capts. Arch. M‘Lean and Thos. Bourchier. He was confirmed to a Lieutenancy, 7 June, 1823, in the Doris 42, Capts. Fred. Edw. Venables Vernon, Thos. Bourchier, and Wm. Jas. Hope Johnstone, under the latter of whom he was for some time employed off the port of Pernambuco for the protection of British property. His next appointment, we find, was to the Semiramis 42, Capt. Robt. Rowley, in which frigate he served on the Cork station until May, 1827. He attained his present rank 2 July, 1833; and he subsequently, from 9 Oct. 1834 until the autumn of 1837, and again from 27 Sept. 1838 until the same period in 1843, officiated as an Inspecting-Commander in the Coast Guard. He has since been on half-pay. Agent – J. Hinxman.