capture of le Généreux French 74, Feb. 10th, 1800; and acting commander of the Strombolo bomb, at the surrender of Malta, Sept. 5th following. His appointment to that vessel was confirmed by the Admiralty, Oct. 17th, 1801; and he brought her home from the Mediterranean in June, 1802. This officer died in 1828.
THOMAS HILL, Esq.
[Commander.]
Was promoted to the command of the Voltigeur sloop, Jan. 15th, 1802; and subsequently employed in the Sea-Fencible service.
JAMES IRWIN, Esq.
[Commander.]
Was a midshipman on board the Royal George, first rate, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Kempenfelt, when that ship unfortunately sunk at Spithead, in Aug. 1782. We next find him serving as first lieutenant of the Ville de Paris 110, and obtaining promotion, on the hauling down of Admiral Cornwallis’s flag, in April 1802. He subsequently served as agent of transports, and received the thanks of Rear-Admiral George Murray, for his services before Buenos Ayres. In 1808, he commissioned the Rinaldo, a new 10-gun brig, fitting out for the Downs station. This officer died in 1825.
WILLIAM RICHAN, Esq.
[Commander.]
Was made a lieutenant in 1781; advanced to the rank of commander, April 29th, 1802; and subsequently appointed to the Norfolk armed ship, on the Leith station; where he captured l’Adolphe French privateer, of 14 guns and 39 men, Jan. 26th, 1807. He died in 1829.
ARTHUR GRUMBY, Esq.
[Commander.]
Was made a lieutenant in 1781; promoted to his present rank in April, 1802; and subsequently employed in the Sea-Fencible service.
