A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Keane, Edward
KEANE. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 19; h-p., 22.)
Edward Keane entered the Navy, 11 July, 1806, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Princess Royal 98, commanded in the Channel by Capt. Robt. Carthew Reynolds; and on removing, in 1807, to the Leyden 64, Capt. Wm. Cumberland, accompanied the expedition to Copenhagen. While next attached, between Nov. in the latter year and Oct. 1810, to the Amelia 38, Capt. Hon. Fred. Paul Irby, he assisted, as Midshipman, at the destruction, 24 Feb. 1809, of three French frigates under the batteries of Sable d’Olonne, and was much employed in co-operation with the patriots on the north coast of Spain. In Nov. 1813, after he had served for three years, on the Lisbon, Home, and American stations, in the Poictiers 74, Capt. Sir John Poo Beresford, and had aided in the capture of several of the enemy’s vessels, among which were the Wasp, of 20 guns, and the late British brig-of-war Frolic, Mr. Keane became Acting-Lieutenant of the Diomede troop-ship, Capt. Chas. Montague Fabian, whom he followed, in a similar capacity, in Aug. 1814, into the Orpheus 36. He left the latter vessel in the ensuing Nov., and in May, 1815, joined, again as Midshipman, the Chatham 74, Capt. Edw. Lloyd, on the Channel station, where he cruized for a period of three months. He then took up a commission bearing date 7 March, 1815. His appointments have since been – 4 Jan. 1837, to the Coast Guard – 5 Dec. 1839, 30 March, 1840, and 5 Feb. 1842, to the command of the Diligence Revenue-vessel, and Prospero and Merlin steam-packets – and (on leaving the latter), 6 Feb. 1847, as Additional-Lieutenant; to the Redwing, another packet, in which he is now serving at Liverpool, under the orders of Capt. Thos. Bevis.
He married, in 1834, Sarah, eldest daughter of John Peake, Esq., then Master-Shipwright at Portsmouth Dockyard, by whom he has issue.