A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Taylor, Charles (b)
TAYLOR. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 9; h-p., 31.)
Charles Taylor (b) entered the Navy, 19 March, 1807, as L.M., on board the Jupiter 50, Capt. Henry Edw. Reginald Baker, under whom he sailed with convoy for the East Indies, and was wrecked as Midshipman during his passage home, on a reef of rocks off Vigo, 10 Dec. 1808. He was then received as a Supernumerary on board the Barfleur 98, flag-ship of Sir Sam. Hood; and he was next, from May, 1809, until transferred in June, 1812, to the Hamadryad 36, Capt. Edw. Chatham, employed in the Mediterranean and on the coasts of Spain, Portugal, and France, as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, in the Triumph 74, Capt. Sam. Hood Linzee, and Ulysses 44, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral D’Auvergne. In the Hamadryad he served for two years and eight months with great activity on the Baltic and Newfoundland stations, and assisted at the capture, 12 Dec. 1813, of the Abigail, a Danish national cutter laden with naval stores. In Aug. 1815, at which period he had been for nearly six months employed at Chatham and Portsmouth in the Queen Charlotte 100, Capt. Chas. Inglis, he was presented with a commission bearing date 28 Feb. in that year. He has since been on half-pay.