A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Tyrrell, George
TYRRELL. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 13; h-p., 31.)
George Tyrrell entered the Royal Naval Academy 21 Feb. 1803; and embarked, 11 Oct. 1807, on board the Swiftsure 74, Capt. Wm. Geo. Rutherford, lying at Portsmouth. He joined next the Namur 74, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Thos. Wells at the Nore; and, in the capacity of Midshipman, the Ariadne 20, Capt. Arthur Farquhar, and Bucephalus troop-ship, Capt. Chas. Pelly. In the latter vessel he accompanied the expeditious to the Walcheren and against the Isle of France. On leaving her he joined, as Master’s Mate, in Jan. 1811, the Barracouta 18, Capt. Wm. Fitzwilliam Owen; of which vessel, after assisting in the Illustrious 74, Commodore Wm. Robt. Broughton, at the reduction of Java, he was nominated, 1 Jan. 1812, Acting-Lieutenant. In the ensuing April (his commission bears date 9 of the month last mentioned) he went back to the Illustrious. He returned to England in Aug. 1813 with Capt. Barrington Reynolds in his former ship the Bucephalus; and was lastly, from Jan. 1814 until Dec. 1815, employed, on the North America and West India station, in the Newcastle 50, Capts. Lord Geo. Stuart and Sam. Roberts.