A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Truscott, George
TRUSCOTT. (Retired Captain, 1845.)
George Truscott is sixth son of the late Rear-Admiral Wm. Truscott.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1793, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Ganges 74, commanded by his father on the West India station. From 1794 until 1796 he served with Capts. Thos. Louis and Francis Pender in the Mediterranean on board the Minotaur 74 and St. Albans 64; and from 1799 until June, 1806, he was employed, again in the West Indies, and also in the Channel, the greater part of the time as Midshipman, in the Mars 74, flag-ship of Hon. Geo. Cranfield Berkeley, Formidable 98, Capt. Rich. Grindall, Trent frigate, Capt. Jas. Katon, Prince 98, Capt. R. Grindall, and Courageux 74, Capts. Boyle, Rich. Lee, and Jas. Bissett. In the ship last mentioned, of which he was created a Lieutenant 28 Feb. 1805, he fought in Sir Rich. Strachan’s action. From Aug. 1807 until promoted to the rank of Commander 21 March, 1812, he was stationed in the Mediterranean and Channel in the Colossus 74, Capt. Jas. Nicoll Morris, Neptune 98, Capt. Payne, and, as First-Lieutenant, in the Dryad 36, Capt. Edw. Galwey. In 1812 he was employed at the different Arsenals; and from 6 Dec. 1813 until 1815 he commanded the Havoc sloop, on the North Sea, Channel, and American stations. He accepted his present rank 1 Feb. 1845. While serving in 1811 in the Dryad, Capt. Truscott invented the Force Pump, by which fresh water is now obtained from the hold without disturbing its stowage. He married, first, 29 Nov. 1820, the only daughter of the late Michael Stritch, Esq., of Exeter; and secondly, in 1833, Eliza Jope, youngest daughter of R. J. Kinsman, Esq., of Falmouth.