A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Teek, Francis
TEEK. (Lieut., 1823. f-p., 14; h-p., 25.)
Francis Teek was born 2 Sept. 1792.
This officer entered the Navy, 23 May, 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Isis 50, Capt. Donald M‘Leod; in which ship and the Antelope 50 he served at Newfoundland under the flags of Vice- Admirals John Holloway and Sir John Thos. Duckworth until the autumn of 1810, when he returned to England in the Jamaica 24, Capt. Arthur Lysaght. He was next, from Nov. in the latter year until March, 1815, employed in the Ethalion 36, Capts. Edm. Heywood and Wm. Hugh Dobbie, on the Baltic and Irish stations; and he was often during that period engaged in cutting out the enemy’s vessels in the Gulfs of Finland and Bothnia. Having passed his examination 6 Feb. 1814, he served afterwards, generally in charge of a watch – from 8 July, 1815, until 29 June, 1819, in the Eurotas 38 and Forth 40, Capts. Jas. Lillicrap and Sir John Louis, in the Mediterranean and on the coast of North America – from 13 Aug. 1819 until 15 Nov. 1821, in the Superb 74 and Créole 42, bearing each the broad pendant of Sir Thos. Masterman Hardy in South America – and, from Nov. 1822 until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 19 July, 1823, again in the Superb, commanded at Plymouth by Capt. Adam Mackenzie. He has since been on half-pay.