A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Skardon, George Briscoe
SKARDON. (Lieut., 1814. f-p., 14;[1] h-p., 28.)
George Briscoe Skardon entered the Navy, 26 March, 1805, as Midshipman, on board the Agincourt 64, Capts. Thos. Briggs and Henry Hill, stationed in the North Sea; and from June, 1806, until Nov. 1810, was employed, latterly as Master’s Mate, in La Chiffonne 36, Capt. John Wainwright, in the Mediterranean and East Indies. In 1807 he was wounded (in consideration whereof he obtained a grant from the Patriotic Fund) at the cutting-out of an armed vessel from Minorca; and in Nov. 1809 he assisted at the destruction of the strong town of Ras-al-Khyma and of more than 80 piratic vessels in the Persian Gulf. In June, 1810, on his arrival at St. Helena from China in the Belliqueux 64, Capt. Hon. Geo. Byng, he again joined La Chiffonne, and in her he returned to England. After serving at Spithead as a Supernumerary in the Royal William, Capt. Robt. Hall, and in the Bay of Biscay in the Dannemark 74, Capt. Jas. Bissett, he was received, in Aug. 1812, on board the Minden 74, flag-ship of Sir Sam. Hood, and sailed a second time for the East Indies, where he was nominated, 2 May, 1813, Acting-Lieutenant of the Volage 22, Capt. John Allen; was confirmed, 4 Feb. 1814, into the Leda 36, Capt. Geo. Sayer; and was in succession, in the course of 1815, removed to the Hecate 18, Capt. J. Allen, Wellesley 74, Capts. Michael Matthews and John Harper, and Doris 36, Capt. J. Harper. In March, 1816, he came home. His last appointments were, 14 Sept. 1818, for three years, to the Severn, Coast Blockade ship, Capt. Wm. M‘Culloch, and, 13 Nov. 1821, to the charge of a station in the Coast Guard. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.
- ↑ Exclusive of Coaat-Guard service.