A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Rust, Robert
RUST. (Lieut., 1813. f-p., 9; h-p., 31.)
Robert Rust died 21 Oct. 1845.
This officer entered the Navy, 9 May, 1806, as A.B., on board the Clyde 38, Capt. Edw. W. C. R. Owen, with whom he continued, employed as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, in the same ship and in the Inconstant 36 and Cornwall 74, off the coast of France and in the North Sea, until made Lieutenant, 6 Dec. 1813, into the San Josef 110, bearing the flag of Sir Rich. King on the Mediterranean station, where, from May to Dec. 1814, he served in the Rainbow 26, Capt. Jas. Wemyss. While attached to the Clyde he was frequently employed in mortar and rocket boats off Boulogne, and in 1809 accompanied the expedition to the Walcheren. After he left the Rainbow he did not go afloat.