A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Stubbin, John
STUBBIN. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 25; h-p., 18.)
John Stubbin entered the Navy, 4 Sept. 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Foudroyant 80, Capt. Peter Puget; in which ship he continued employed in the Channel, among the Western Islands, in the West Indies, and on the Lisbon and Brazilian stations, under the flags of Sir Thos. Graves, Sir John Borlase Warren, the late Sir Albemarle Bertie, and Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, until July, 1808. Under Sir J. B. Warren he assisted, as Midshipman, at the capture, 13 March, 1806, of the Marengo 80, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Linois, and 40-gun frigate Belle Poule. On leaving the Foudroyant he again joined Admiral Bertie in the Leopard 50 at the Cape of Good Hope; where he removed in succession to the Culloden 74, Capt. Jas. Tomkinson, Sapphire and Otter sloops, both commanded by Capt. Bertie Cornelius Cator, and Magicienne 36, Capt. Lucius Curtis. In the Otter he contributed, in the capacity of Master’s Mate, to the reduction of St. Rose; and in the Magicienne, after witnessing the capture of Ile de Bourbon, he took part in a variety of gallant but unfortunate operations, which, by 28 Aug. 1810, terminated in the unavoidable self-destruction of that ship (who had had 8 of her people killed and 20 wounded) and the Sirius, the capture of the Néréide, and the surrender to a powerful French force of the Iphigenia, the last of a squadron of frigates originally under the orders of Commodore Sam. Pym, at the entrance of Port Sud-Est, Isle of France. He remained a prisoner of war until the conquest of the Mauritius; and he was subsequently, until Sept. 1814, employed on the Baltic, North Sea, St. Helena, Channel, and American stations, in the Mars 74, Capt. Henry Raper, and Iphigenia 36 and Madagascar 38, Capts. L. Curtis and Bentinck Cavendish Doyle. He attained his present rank 23 Feb. 1815; served from 31 Aug. 1822 until 1624 in the Eden 26, Capt. John Lawrence, on the West India station; and since 9 July, 1834, has been in command of a station in the Coast Guard.