in her captain’s eye, that Sir Erasmus Gower has not thought it worth reporting; indeed, the cool and firm conduct of that ship was such, that it appeared to me the enemy dared not come near her.”
Lieutenant Lowe’s subsequent appointments were, in June 1797, to the Diamond 38, Captain Sir Richard J. Strachan; in Jan. following, to the Neptune 98, Sir Erasmus Gower; and, in Aug. 1800, to be first of the Thames 32, Captain William Lukin, under whom he assisted at the capture of the following armed vessels:–
Le Diable à Quatre, French ship privateer, of 16 guns and 150 men, Oct. 26, 1800; a letter of marque, name unknown, laden with coffee, on the 29th of the same month; l’Actif, brig privateer, of 16 guns and 137 men, 30th ditto; and l’Aurore, national corvette, of 16 guns, Jan. 18, 1801.
The Thames was with Sir James Saumarez when that officer sailed from Gibraltar to engage the combined squadrons under Mons. Linois, July 12, 1801[1]; and her captain[2], officers, and crew received great praise for their subsequent exertions in extricating the Venerable 74, from her perilous situation on the shoals of Conil[3].
We next find Lieutenant Lowe serving under Sir Erasmus Gower, in the Princess Royal 98, which ship was paid off in Feb. 1802. From that period he does not appear to have been again employed until Jan. 1804, when he obtained the command of the Conflict gun brig, but soon left her to join the Isis 50, fitting for the flag of Sir Erasmus, as Commander-in-chief at Newfoundland.
Early in 1806, the subject of this sketch succeeded Lieutenant Hickey as first of the Isis; and about the same period his patron honored him with a commission as Magistrate and Surrogate for the island, which he continued to hold until the arrival of the new Governor, Vice-Admiral Holloway, in April, 1807.
Shortly after his return borne. Lieutenant Lowe was appointed to the Prince of Wales 98, bearing the flag of Admiral Gambier, in which ship he served, as first, during the bom-
- ↑ See Vol. I. Part I. p. 190, et seq.
- ↑ The present Rear-Admiral Hollis.
- ↑ Vol. II. Part I. p. 120, and Suppl. Part II. p. 223, et seq.
