A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Wood, James (b)
WOOD. (Lieutenant, 1813. f-p., 11; h-p., 32.)
James Wood (b) entered the Navy, 31 May, 1804, as a Supernumerary, on board the Roebuck 44, Capt. Geo. M‘Kinley, guard-ship at Leith; and from the following Dec. (five months after he had left the Roebuck) until May, 1811, was employed in the North Sea and Baltic, as First-class Volunteer, Midshipman, and Master’s Mate, in the Lynx sloop, Capts. John Willoughby Marshall and Thos. Percival. From May, 1811, until July, 1814, he served with Capt. Robt. Rolles as Master’s Mate in the Edinburgh 74 and Union 98, among the Western Islands and off Flushing, as also in the Mediterranean; where, after he had been for eight months borne as a Supernumerary on the books ol the Queen 74, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Chas. Vinicombe Penrose, he was nominated, 28 March, 1815, Acting-Lieutenant of the Wizard sloop, Capt. Walter Croker. On leaving the latter vessel in the ensuing Oct. he was presented with a commission bearing date 11 Feb. preceding. He has since been on half-pay. Agent – J. Hinxman.