A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Halahan, Thomas
HALAHAN. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 8; h-p., 32.)
Thomas Halahan entered the Navy, at the commencement of 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Redwing 18, Capts. Thos. Ussher, Edw. Augustus Down, and Sir John Gordon Sinclair, stationed in the Mediterranean, where, during a servitude of six years in that vessel, he figured, part of the time as Midshipman, in a variety of brilliant operations. He was subsequently employed with Capt. Ussher and Sir John Poo Beresford, latterly as Master’s Mate, in the Undaunted 38, and Duncan 74, on the same and the Brazilian stations. He has not been afloat since his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 27 Feb. 1815. Agent J. Hinxman.