A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Harrop, David
HARROP. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 14; h-p., 25.)
David Harrop entered the Navy, 9 Jan. 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Sultan 74, Capt. Edw. Griffith, employed off Cadiz and in the Mediterranean; and in Aug. 1809 became Midshipman of the Formidable 98, Capts. Fras. Fayerman and Jas. Nicoll Morris. In Dec. 1811, after having served for some time on the Baltic and North Sea stations, in the latter ship and in the Christian VII. 80, bearing the flag of Admiral Wm. Young, he joined the Manilla 36, Capt. John Joyce, in which frigate he had the misfortune, on 28 of the following January, to be wrecked, on the Haak Sands, near the Texel. He was in consequence detained a prisoner of war until the peace of 1814, when, on his return to England, he was received on board the Impregnable 104, flag-ship at the time of H.R.H. the Duke of Clarence, but subsequently commanded off Lisbon by Capt. John Wentworth Loring. Mr. Harrop was next transferred in succession to the Niobe 40, armée en flûte, Capt. Henry Collins Deacon, and Centurion 50, and Bulwark 74, bearing each the flag of Rear-Admiral Edw. Griffith on the Halifax station; where, being created a Lieutenant of the last-mentioned ship, by commission dated 1 May, 1815, he continued to serve until paid off in Aug. of the same year. His succeeding appointments were – 19 Oct. and 4 Dec. 1818, to the Britomart and Wolf sloops, both commanded by Capt. Bernard Yeoman, under whom, in 1821, he escorted George IV. to Ireland – early in 1822, to the Helicon 10, Capt. Wm. Robt. Dawkins, in which vessel he sailed for the West Indies – and, 4 Feb. 1824, to the Valorous 26, Capt. Jas. Murray. Since the paying off of the latter vessel, on her return from Jamaica to England, Mr. Harrop has been unemployed. Agents – Goode and Lawrence.