A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Kirkwood, Charles
KIRKWOOD. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 13; h-p., 31.)
Charles Kirkwood entered the Navy, 19 Aug. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Tribune frigate, Capts. Geo. Henry Towry and Rich. Henry Alex. Bennett; in which ship, and in the Fame 74, commanded at first by Capt. Bennett, and afterwards by Capts. Hornby and Ferris, he continued to serve, as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, on the Home and Mediterranean stations, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 14 Aug. 1810. He was then employed for several months in the gun-boat service at the defence of Cadiz and Tarifa; and, on 8 Sept. 1811, having joined the Hotspur 36, Capt. Hon. Josceline Percy, he was present in an attack made by that officer on seven of the enemy’s gun-brigs off Calvados, on which occasion the Hotspur took the ground, lay exposed for four hours to a heavy fire from the vessels, a battery, and some field-pieces, and sustained a loss of 5 men killed and 22 wounded. He has been on half-pay since Nov. 1815, when the Hotspur was put out of commission. Agents – Coplands and Burnett.