A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Macnamara, Timothy
MACNAMARA. (Lieut., 1821. f-p., 21; h-p., 17.)
Timothy Macnamara entered the Navy, 26 April, 1809, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Edgar 74, Capt. Jas. Macnamara, stationed in the Baltic, where he saw much boat-service. Removing, as Midshipman, in March, 1810, to the Berwick 74, commanded by the same officer, he took part, 25 March, 1811, in the operations which led to the self-destruction, near Barfleur, of the French 40-gun frigate L’Amazone. In the following Oct. he joined the Tigre 74, Capt. John Halliday, under whom, it appears, he served on the West India, St. Helena, and Home stations, until Aug. 1815, and coalesced at one time with the troops in an attack upon Bergen-op-Zoom. During the first three years of the peace Mr. Macnamara was employed on the Irish station in the Fly sloop, Capt. John Baldwin, and Tonnant 80, flag-ship of Sir Benj. Hallowell. He then, in Nov. 1818, joined the Coast Blockade, as Midshipman of the Severn 40, Capt. Wm. M‘Culloch, and while in that service, in which he continued until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 29 Jan. 1821, he received, in 1819, a severe contusion in an encounter with a band of smugglers. He has had charge, since 1 March, 1838, of a station in the Coast Guard.
Lieut. Macnamara has received a gold medal from the Royal National Shipwreck Institution. He was left a widower 18 Aug. 1838. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.