A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Short, Joseph
SHORT. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 13; h-p., 29.)
Joseph Short (b) entered the Navy, 22 Sept. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Porpoise, Capts. J. Short and John Porteous, in which vessel he was for about five years employed at New South Wales, part of the time as Master’s Mate and Acting-Lieutenant. He served subsequently, from Dec. 1810 until June, 1815, in the Mediterranean, Channel, and West Indies, in the Serapis, Master-Commander Wm. Lloyd, Haughty gun-brig, Lieut.-Commander Jas. Harvey, Active 38, Capt. Jas. Alex. Gordon, Fervent 12, Capt. Chas. Hope Reid, Asia 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Wm. Brown, Shark sloop, Capts. John Gore, Chas. Sam. White, John Undrell, and Chas. Strangways, and Tortoise, Master-Commander Thos. Cooke. He was for seven months Second-Master of the Serapis and Haughty, and for 20, Acting-Master of the Shark. After he had been for nearly three months employed in Portsmouth Harbour in the Prince 98, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Thornbrough, Queen Charlotte 100, Britomart 10, Capt. Robt. Riddell (now Carre), and Pactolus 38, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Aylmer, he took up, in Oct. 1815, a commission bearing date 13 of the preceding March. His last appointment was to the Coast Blockade, on which service he continued for about three years as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye, and Ramillies 74, Capts. Wm. M‘Culloch and Hugh Pigot. Agents – Holmes and Folkard.