A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Tandy, Daniel
TANDY. (Retired Commander, 1825. f-p., 22; h-p., 43.)
Daniel Tandy died 26 Jan. 1848, at Topsham, co. Devon, in his 75th year.
This officer entered the Navy, in Feb. 1782, as Fst-cl. Vol., on board the Magnificent 74, Capt. Robt. Linzee; and in the course of the same year was present in Rodney’s action and at the capture, after a gallant action, of the French frigates La Concorde and L’Aimable. The Magnificent being paid off in June, 1783, he served next, between Jan. 1784 and the date of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant 22 Nov. 1790, at Portsmouth and on the African, Jamaica, and Channel stations, the last three years in the capacity of Midshipman, in the Nautilus 16, Capt. Geo. Tripp, Astraea 32, Capt. Peter Rainier, Centurion 50, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Peter Affleck, Aurora 28, Capt. John Sutton, and Saturn and Monarch 74’s, Capts. R. Linzee and Peter Rainier. He was subsequently, from 1791 until April, 1802, employed, on the Home and Mediterranean stations, in the Colossus 74, Capt. Henry Harvey, Racehorse 16, Capts. D. Mackay, Geo. Hope, and Jas. Lecky, Canada 74, Capt. Chas. P. Hamilton, Barfleur 98, flag-ship of Sir Geo. Keith Elphinstone, Leviathan 74, Capt. John Thos. Duckworth, Southampton 32, Capts. Edw. O’Bryen and Wm. Shield, Censeur 74, armée en flûte, Capt. John Gore, Bellette 18, Capt. John Temple, Gibraltar 80, Capt. John Pakenham, and Royal Sovereign 100, bearing the flags (in the Channel) of Sir Alan Gardner and Sir Henry Harvey. While returning home from the Mediterranean in the Censeur, Mr. Tandy was captured in that ship, 7 Oct. 1795, after a brave defence of 40 minutes, by a French squadron under M. Richery, and carried into Cadiz. He was soon, however, restored to liberty. During the time he belonged to the Bellette he was employed in a tender on the coast of Corsica; he was First-Lieutenant of the Gibraltar when the latter was driven in a gale of wind out of Gibraltar Bay; and he was for nearly four years and nine months in the Royal Sovereign. He served in the Channel and on the coast of Ireland in the Thunderer 74, Capt. Wm. Bedford, from March, 1803, until Dec. 1804; obtained command, 2 June, 1805, of the Désirée schooner, in the West Indies; was there removed, 28 of the same month, to the Alligator troop-ship, Capt. Fras. Aug. Collier; and was next, 17 July in the same year and 3 April, 1806, appointed to the command, also on the West India station, of the Attentive gun-brig and Dolphin 44, store-ship. He brought the latter vessel to Deptford, and was obliged from the effects of yellow fever to leave her in Dec. 1806. He did not afterwards go afloat. He accepted the rank of Commander on the Retired List 13 April, 1825.