A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Waterman, John
WATERMAN. (Retired Commander, 1848.)
John Waterman entered the Navy, in April, 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol,, on board the Minotaur 74, Capt. Chas. John Moore Mansfield; in which ship he served in the Mediterranean and on various parts of the Home station, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 15 July, 1809 – under the flags at different times of Admirals Cuthbert Collingwood, John Child Purvis, Sir Chas, Cotton, Sir Wm. Sidney Smith, and Henry Edwin Stanhope. He was present in her as Midshipman at the battle of Trafalgar 21 Oct. 1805, and in the expedition to Copenhagen in 1807. From 21 July, 1809, until 26 Sept, 1811, he served in the North Sea and on the coasts of Africa and Ireland in the Dauntless 18, Capts, Joseph Wittman and Daniel Barber. This was his last appointment. He accepted the rank of Commander on the Retired List 4 April, 1848.