A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Moore, John (b)
MOORE. (Retired Commakdek, 1846. f-p., 18; h-p., 36.)
John Moore entered the Navy, 14 Feb. 1793, as A.B., on board the Brazen cutter, Lieut.-Commander Jas. Fegen; removed, in the following April, to the Colossus 74, Capts. Chas. Morice Pole and John Monckton, successively employed in the Mediterranean and Channel; served next, from Feb. 1796 to May 1797, in the Carnatic 74, flagship of Rear-Admiral C. M. Pole; and then became Midshipman (a rating he had attained in the preceding Oct.) of the Ambuscade of 40 guns, Capt. Henry Jenkins. On 14 Dec. 1798 he was Master’s Mate of that frigate when captured, in the Bay of Biscay, by the French ship Baionnaise of 32 guns, 8 swivels, and at least 250 men, after a severe conflict, in which the British sustained a loss, out of 190 men, of 10 killed and 36 wounded, and the enemy of 30 killed and 30 badly wounded. Being received, in March, 1799, on board the Russel 74, Capts. Herbert Sawyer and Wm. Cuming, he served in that ship in the action off Copenhagen 2 April, 1801, and on 27 and 24 of the ensuing June and July was successively constituted an acting and a confirmed Lieutenant in her. He went on half-pay in Oct. 1801; and was subsequently appointed – 7 Jan. 1804, to the Sea Fencibles in Galway – 18 May, 1805, to the Triton, Capt. Wm. Cashman, at Watertord, where he remained until May, 1810 – and, 5 March, 1812, to the Impress service at Dublin, in which he was employed for upwards of two years. He became a Retired Commander on the Junior List 25 July, 1831, and on the Senior 23 June, 1846. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.