A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Vallack, Joseph
VALLACK. (Lieut., 1821. f-p., 25; h-p., 29.)
Joseph Vallack died 3 Aug. 1847, at Milbrook, Devonport, aged 71.
This officer entered the Navy, in 1793, as A.B., on board the Redoubt 20, Capt. Alex. Fraser, attached to the force in the North Sea, where, after serving under Lieut. Daniel Burdwood in the Union, he became Midshipman, 13 Aug. 1794, of the Ranger, Capt. Hardy. From 1795 until 1799 he was stationed in the Channel and on the coast of Ireland in the Atlas 98, Capts. Edm. Dod and Matthew Squire, and, as Master’s Mate, in the Expedition 44, Capt. Sir Thos. Livingstone; and he next, in March, 1800, joined the Thetis frigate, Capt. Henry Edw. Reginald Baker. In her he took part in a variety of operations on the coast of Egypt. He returned to England in 1802 in the Champion 24, Capt. Lord Wm. Stewart; and he was afterwards employed – between March, 1803, and Sept. 1806, on the coast of Spain and in the West Indies and Mediterranean, in the Spartiate 74, Capts. Geo. Murray and John Manley, Martin sloop, Capt. R. H. Savage, and Fervent 12, Lieut.-Commander Edw. Hare – from March, 1807, until Oct. 1815, at Plymouth, in the Salvador del Mundo, flag-ship of Admiral Young, Impregnable 104, Capt. Robt. Hall, and St. George 98, Capt. Nash – from Oct. 1815 until Feb. 1819, on different parts of the Home station, as Admiralty-Midshipman, in the Bacchus 16, Capt. Wm. Hill, Eridanus 36, Capt. Wm. King, Superb 74, Capt. Chas. Ekins, and Severn 50, Capt. Wm. M‘Culloch – in 1819-20, at Newfoundland, in the Drake – and next, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 19 July, 1821, again at Plymouth in his former ship the Impregnable, bearing the flag of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane. He remained thenceforward on half-pay.