A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Mudge, Robert
MUDGE. (Lieutenant, 1815.)
Robert Mudge entered the Navy, 6 July, 1806, as Midshipman, on board the Phoenix 36, Capt. Zachary Mudge, in which frigate (with the exception of five months, from Oct. 1808 to March 1809, passed in the Naiad 38, Capt. Thos. Dundas) he served, on the Channel and Cork stations, until May, 1812. He then sailed, in the Bucephalus 32, Capts. Joseph Drury and Barrington Reynolds, for the East Indies, where he was further, until the summer of 1814, employed in the Illustrious 74, flag-ship of Sir Sam. Hood, Theban 36, Capts. Stephen Thos. Digby and Basil Hall, and Procris sloop, Capt. Hon. Thos. Roper Curzon. In June, 1815, after having served, at Sheerness, in the Namur 74, bearing the flag of Sir Chas. Rowley, and Queen Charlotte 100, Capt. Chas. Inglis, he took up a commission bearing date 21 Feb. in that year. His appointments have since been, 17 Aug. 1820 and 15 Dec. 1826, to the office of Agent for Transports Afloat; and to the continuous command, 3 June, 1837, in the course of 1845, and 12 Jan. 1846, of the Beaver, Ariel, and Onyx steam-packets on the Dover station, where he still remains.