A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Savage, James
SAVAGE. (Lieutenant, 1816.)
James Savage entered the Navy, 25 July, 1809, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the San Josef 110, Capt. Rich. Dalling Dunn, bearing the flag of Sir John Thos. Duckworth in the Channel. He continued to serve with Capt. Dunn in the Hibernia 110, Armide 38, and Dublin 74, until July, 1813. In the course of that month he went back to the San Josef, then the flag-ship of Sir Rich. King in the Mediterranean; where, and in the West Indies and at Sheerness, we find him, from Jan. 1814 until March, 1816, employed in the Aigle and Scamander frigates, both commanded by Sir John Louis, In the former ship he assisted at the capture and destruction of a French convoy under the guns of Porto Maurizio 11 April, 1814. He was made Lieutenant, we believe, into the Magicienne 42, Capt. John Brett Purvis, on the East India station, 2 July, 1816; and was lastly, from 31 March, 1819, until the close of 1822, employed on the East India station in the Liverpool 50,, Capt. Fras. Augustus Collier; under whom he accompanied an expedition against the pirates of the Persian Gulf, and there, in Jan. 1820, assisted at the bombardment of Ras-Al-Khyma, their principal stronghold, where the fortifications were all destroyed, the vessels burnt, and a large quantity of treasure seized. Agents Messrs. Stilwell.