Lord Collingwood, in order to evince his opinion of the conduct of Captain Ferris, appointed him, at the earliest possible period, to the command of the Royal Sovereign, a first rate; but his post commission was not confirmed by the Admiralty until April 18, 1811. In Aug. 1808, Captain Ferris assisted at the capture of a French gun-vessel and fourteen coasting traders, between Leghorn and Genoa[1].
This officer obtained the out-pension of Greenwich Hospital, Dec. 10, 1825.
EDWARD HARVEY, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1811.]
Third and youngest son of the gallant Captain John Harvey, whose death, June 1, 1794, has been recorded at p. 613, of Vol. I. Part II.
This officer was born in 1783, and he entered the navy in April, 1796, as a midshipman on board the Prince of Wales, a second rate, bearing the flag of his uncle, the late Sir Henry Harvey, K.B. and commanded by his brother, Captain (now Vice-Admiral) John Harvey. In that ship he was present at the capture of Trinidad, and the destruction of a Spanish squadron in Shagaramus bay, Feb. 1797[2]. He returned home in the Zebra sloop of war, and joined the Beaulieu frigate time enough to witness the defeat of the Dutch fleet, near Camperdown, Oct. 11, 1797[3].
In 1799, Mr. Harvey was appointed to act as lieutenant of the Southampton frigate, and in her he assisted at the capture of the Danish and Swedish West India islands, Mar, 1801[4]. His first commission bears date July 24, in the latter year; at which period he was removed to the Amphitrite 28.
In 1802, Lieutenant Harvey was successively appointed to the Iris 32, and Apollo 36. The destruction of the last named ship, on the coast of Portugal, April 2, 1804, is thus
- ↑ See Nav. Chron. v. 21, p. 74, et seq.
- ↑ See Vol. I, Part I, note at p. 112.
- ↑ See Suppl. Part I, p. 252.
- ↑ See Vol. I, Part II. note † at p. 798, et seq.
