A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Turner, Francis John
TURNER. (Lieut., 1807. f-p., 12; h-p., 35.)
Francis John Turner entered the Navy, 12 July, 1800, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Dorset yacht, Capt. Sir Alex. Schomberg, employed off Dublin in attendance upon the Lord-Lieutenant. He served next on the Home and Mediterranean stations from Feb. 1801 until 1 Feb. 1803, in the Glenmore 44, Capts. John Talbot and John Maitland, and from 23 Sept. in the latter year until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 19 Dec. 1807, in the Melpomène 38, Capts. Robt. Dudley Oliver and Sir Peter Parker. In 1804 he assisted, as Midshipman, in twice bombarding the town of Havre-de-Grace. His last appointments afloat were – 30 Dec. 1807, to the Humber, Capt. John Hill, on the Falmouth station – 25 Aug. 1808, to the Comet 18, Capts. Cuthbert Featherstone Daly and Rich. Henry Muddle, employed in the Bay of Biscay, at Newfoundland, and among the Western Islands – 5 June, 1813, after two years of half-pay, to the Goliath 74, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland, from which ship, stationed at first in the West Indies and next on the coast of North America, he was sent, in March, 1814, to the Hospital at Bermuda – and in Sept. of the latter year, for a few months, to the Akbar 50, Capt. Arch. Dickson, on the Halifax station.