A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Henn, Richard
HENN. (Lieut,, 1815. f-p., 10; h-p., 31.)
Richard Henn was born in March, 1791.
This officer entered the Navy, 17 June, 1806, as Sec.-cl. Vol., on board the Centaur 74, Capt. Wm. Henry Webley, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Sam. Hood. On 25 of the following Sept. he assisted, in company with the Mars and Monarch 74’s, at the capture, off Rochefort, of four heavy French frigates, whose complete subjugation was not effected until Sir Sam. Hood had lost an arm; and he subsequently, it appears, besides attending the expedition against Copenhagen, and witnessing the surrender of Madeira, contributed, in conjunction with the Implacable 74, to the taking, 26 Aug. 1808, in sight of the whole Russian fleet near Rogerswick, of the 74-gun ship Sewolod, after a close and furious conflict in which the Centaur lost 3 men killed and 27 wounded, and the enemy 180 killed and wounded. From 1810 until 1812 we find Mr. Henn serving under the successive flags of Sir S. Hood and Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats, as Midshipman and Master’s Mate of the Hibernia 120, on the Mediterranean station. In 1813, being at the time in the Stirling Castle 74, Capt. Sir Home Popham, he escorted the Marquess of Hastings as Governor-General to India, where, on his arrival, he rejoined Sir S. Hood, who had been recently nominated Commander-in-Chief, on board the Minden 74. On 27 Sept. 1814 he was appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the Salsette 36, Capt. John Bowen, with whom he continued to serve until paid off, on his return to England, in July, 1816. Mr. Henn, whose commission bears date 2 March, 1815, has not been since afloat.
He is married, and has issue a son and one daughter. Agent – J. Hinxman.