A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hall, John (a)
HALL. (Lieutenant, 1811. f-p., 13; h-p., 31.)
John Hall (a) entered the Navy, 7 June, 1803, as A.B., on board the Cerberus 32, Capt. Wm. Selby, and in the following Sept. assisted at the bombardment of Granville. Proceeding, immediately after the latter event, to the West Indies, he there, on 2 Jan. 1807, served as Master’s Mate, and was extolled for his unsurpassable bravery, at the cutting out of two of the enemy’s vessels, defended by a most tremendous fire from the batteries near Pearl Bock, Martinique, which killed 2 men and wounded 10;[1] and he further, we believe, witnessed the capture, in March, 1808, of the islands of Marie-galante and Desirade. In July of the latter year he joined the Leviathan 74, Capts. John Harvey and Donald Campbell, with whom he served off Cadiz and in the Mediterranean (where he beheld the self-destruction, 26 Oct. 1811, of the French ships of the line Robuste and Lion) until appointed Acting-Lieutenant, 1 Aug. 1811, of the York 74, Capt. Robt. Barton; to which vessel he was confirmed on 26 of the ensuing Sept. He was afterwards, from 4 Sept. 1812 until 31 Aug. 1815, employed on the West India and North American stations in the Surprise 38, Capt. Sir Thos. John Cochrane; but has not, that we are aware, been since afloat. Agents- Messrs. Ommanney.
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1807, p. 304.