A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Haswell, John Dawes
HASWELL. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 12; h-p., 32.)
John Dawes Haswell entered the Navy, 15 July, 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Dreadnought 98. Capts. Edw. Brace, John Child Purvis, Robt. CartheWw Reynolds, Geo. Reynolds, Edw. Rotherham, and John Conn, flag-ship for some time of Admirals Hon. Wm. Cornwallis and Cuthbert Collingwood, in which he fought at Trafalgar in the capacity of Midshipman. Between Aug. 1806 and his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 10 Feb. 1815, he served, chiefly as Master’s Mate, in the Révolutionnaire 38, Capt. Chas. Fielding, Defiance 74, Capt. Hon. Henry Hotham, Royal George 100, bearing the flag of Sir John Duckworth, San Josef 110, Hibernia 120, Armide 38, and Dublin 50, all commanded by Capt. Rich. Dalling Dunn, and Statira 38, Capts. Jas. Nash and Thos. Brown, on the Channel, Spanish, and Halifax stations. He has since been on half-pay.