A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hodder, Peter
HODDER. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 8; h-p., 35.)
Peter Hodder is son of Geo. Hodder, Esq., of Fountainstown, co. Cork, an extensive landed proprietor; and brother of Lieuts. Michael and Robt. Hodder, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 18 Aug. 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Amethyst 36, in which ship, and in the Warrior 74, both commanded by Capt. John Wm. Spranger, he served on the North Sea, Irish, Channel, and Mediterranean stations, until April, 1811. He held, during the four last years, the rating of Midshipman, and in Oct. 1809 he was consequently present in that capacity at the surrender of the islands of Zante, Cephalonia, &c. On leaving the Warrior he joined the Colossus 74, Capt. Thos. Alexander, stationed off the coast of France, where, on 27 Dec. 1811, he was taken prisoner in an attack on a flotilla near the Ile d’Aix. His promotion to the rank of Lieutenant took place 21, March, 1812, since which period – with the exception of an attachment of a few months in 1815 to the Levant 20, commanded on Home service by Capts. Jonathan Christian and John Theed – he has been on half-pay.