Admiral up the Zuyder Zee, where he commanded the tender to the flag-ship at the capture of four Dutch gun-vessels, forming part of the flotilla collected for the protection of Amsterdam. The particulars of this service will be given in the supplement to our memoir of Captain Patrick Campbell, C.B. On his return from Holland, Lieutenant Mackay joined the grand fleet, then under the command of Earl St. Vincent; and at the close of the French revolutionary war we find him again serving with Sir Andrew Mitchell, on board the Windsor Castle of 98 guns. His promotion to the rank of Commander took place in April 1802.
At the renewal of hostilities, 1803, Captain Mackay was appointed to the Prince William armed ship, on the North Sea station; and in the autumn of 1804, he appears to have been removed into the Scout sloop of war, fitting for the Mediterranean, where he continued until posted, Jan. 22, 1806.
Captain Mackay’s subsequent appointments were to the Druid frigate. Inflexible 64, Volage 26, Malacca 42, and Minden of 74 guns. In the former ship he was employed on the Irish station; in the Volage he conveyed Sir Evan Nepean, Bart, to his government at Bombay, and was afterwards actively employed under the orders of Sir Samuel Hood, in the Eastern Archipelago and China seas, where the duties which he had to perform were of a very arduous nature. The Malacca formed part of the squadron under Captain George Sayer, during the operations against the Sultan of Sambas, in 1813[1]; and the Minden was paid off at Portsmouth, on her return from India, in 1816; since which period Captain Mackay has not held any appointment.
Agent.– J. P. Muspratt, Esq.
- ↑ See Memoirs of Captain George Sayer, C.B., and Captain Samuel Leslie.
