A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Grose, Arthur
GROSE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 31.)
Arthur Grose entered the Navy, 21 Oct. 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Alcmène frigate, Capt. Jas. Brisbane, with whom he continued to serve, in the same ship, and in the Belle Poule 38, and Pembroke 74, on the Irish, Channel, and Mediterranean stations, until 1814. During that period, besides contributing to the capture of other smaller vessels, he assisted in the Belle Poule at the taking, 15 Feb. 1809, of Le Var of 26 guns, laden with corn for the relief of the French garrison at Corfu; the reduction, in 1809-10, of the islands of Zante, Cephalonia, and Sta. Maura; and the destruction, 5 May, 1811, under a heavy hostile fire in the harbour of Parenza, of a French 18-gun-brig.[1] In the Pembroke, Mr. Grose took part in Sir Edw. Pellew’s skirmish with the Toulon fleet, 5 Nov. 1813; and he was also present in the same ship at the capture of a large convoy under the guns of Porto Maurizio, 11 April, 1814. After witnessing the surrender of Genoa, he was sent home from that place in a prize. He was next for a short time employed on the coast of Africa, in the Comus 22, Capt. John Tailour. His promotion to the rank of Lieutenant took place 27 Feb. 1815; and his appointment to the Victory guard-ship at Portsmouth, where he is now serving, 12 Nov. 1846.
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1811, p. 1547.