A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Worthington, Benjamin
WORTHINGTON. (Lieutenant, 1813. f-p., 11; h-p., 32.)
Benjamin Worthington entered the Navy, 18 Jan. 1804, as Midshipman, on board the Utrecht 64, Capts. John Wentworth Loring and Fras. Pickmore, stationed in the Downs. From April, 1805, until Feb. 1813 he was employed in the Trusty 50, Capt. Geo. Argles, Latona 38, Capt. Jas. Athol Wood, Puissant 74, Capt. John Irwin, Dromedary store-ship, Master-Commander Sam. P. Pritchard, Roebuck 44, Capt. Rich. Curry, Briseis and Leveret sloops, Capts. Chas. Thurlow Smith and Geo. Wickens Willes, and Hibernia 120, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Sidney Smith. In the Dromedary he circumnavigated the globe; and in the other ships he served on the Home, West India, and Mediterranean stations. He acted as a Lieutenant in the Briseis; and on 2 Feb. 1813, the date of his commission, he was appointed to the Swiftsure 74, Capt. Edw. Stirling Dickson, from which ship he removed, in the following month, to the Ajax 74, Capts. Sir Robt. Laurie, Robt. Waller Otway, and Geo. Mundy. In her he co-operated in the siege of St. Sebastian, assisted at the capture, 17 March, 1814, off Scilly, of L’Alcyon corvette, of 16 guns and 120 men, and escorted from Bordeaux to Quebec a squadron of transports, having on board 5000 troops, destined to reinforce the English army in Canada. He has been on half-pay since 23 Nov. 1814.