A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Mayne, Robert
MAYNE. (Retired Commander, 1842. f-p., 18; h-p., 31.)
Robert Mayne died, 19 Jan. 1846, at Jersey, aged 63. He was cousin of the present Commander D. Mayne, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 3 March, 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Romney 50, commanded in the North Sea by Capt. John Lawford; on accompanying whom as Midshipman into the Polyphemus 64, he fought in the action off Copenhagen 2 April, 1801. He was next, between May, 1802, and the receipt of his commission, 2 Oct. 1804, employed on the West India station, latterly as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Blenheim 74, under the command of various officers; and was subsequently appointed – on 22 of the month last mentioned, again to the Polyphemus, Capts. J. Lawford, Robt. Redmill, Wm. Robt. Broughton, and Peter Heywood, during his attachment to which ship he served at the battle of Trafalgar, 21 Oct. 1805, and was attached, when under the flag of Rear-Admiral Geo. Murray, to the naval brigade in the operations of 1807 against Copenhagen – 1 June, 1808, to the command of a Signal station at Cork – 16 March, 1813, to the San Josef 110, Capts. Henry Bourchier and Stewart, lying in Hamoaze – and, 22 Dec. 1813, to the office of Agent for Transports, which he continued to fill in Portugal, Spain, France, Canada, America, Ireland, the West Indies, and Flanders, until 1816. He retired with the rank of Commander 22 Dec. 1842. Agents – Burnett and Holmes.