A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Slade, Frederick
SLADE. (Lieutenant, 1811. f-p., 10; h-p., 33.)
Frederick Slade entered the Navy, 27 June, 1804, as L.M., on board the Culloden 74, Capt. Christopher Cole, fitting for the flag of Sir Edw. Pellew, Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies, where he attained the rating of Midshipman in May, 1805, and assisted at the destruction, 27 Nov. 1806, of a Dutch frigate, seven brigs-of-war, and about 20 armed and other merchant-vessels lying in Batavia Roads. From Sept. 1807 until Aug. 1810 he was employed in the Baltic and Mediterranean, as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, in the Salsette and Nereus frigates, Capts. Walter Bathurst and Peter Heywood. He then joined the Christian VII. 80, bearing the flag of Sir B. Pellew off the Texel; and after again serving with that officer in the Mediterranean in the Caledonia 120, was nominated, 16 Aug. 1811, Acting-Lieutenant of the Cumberland 74, Capts. Robt. Waller Otway and Thos. Baker. He was confirmed 26 Sept. following, but invalided towards the close of the same year, and was lastly, from March, 1812, until Jan. 1814, employed, a second time in the Baltic, in the Zealous 74, Capt. Thos. Boys. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.