A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Slyman, Daniel
SLYMAN. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9; h-p., 31.)
Daniel Slyman was born 4 Oct. 1792.
This officer entered the Navy, 9 May, 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Barfleur 98, Capt. Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke; in which ship and in the Téméraire 98, Capt. Sir Chas. Hamilton, he served in the Channel until May, 1808. He then became Midshipman, also on the Home station, of the Christian VII. 80, commanded at first by Sir J. S. Yorke and next by Capt. Rich. Harward as Flag-Captain to Sir Edw. Pellew; and from Sept. 1810 until presented, in Nov. 1815, with a commission bearing date 16 March in that year, was employed at the Cape of Good Hope, in the Channel and West Indies, and at Newfoundland, in the Galatea 42, Capt. Woodley Losack. While cruizing in the latter ship off Madagascar, in company with the Astraea and Phoebe (frigates about equal to the Galatea in force), and 18-gun brig Racehorse, he took part, 20 May, 1811, in a long and trying action with the French 40-gun frigates Rénommée, Clorinde, and Néréide in which the Rénommée was captured, and the Galatea, besides being much damaged in her hull, masts, and rigging, sustained a loss of 16 men killed and 46 wounded. He has not been afloat since his promotion.
He married, 24 Sept. 1829, Jane, eldest daughter of W. Betensen, Esq., by whom he has issue five children.