WILLIAM HENRY DOUGLAS, Esq.
[Commander.]
Son of the late Francis Douglas, Esq. many years a purser in the royal navy; and brother of Captain Francis Douglas, R, N. whose services we have recorded in Suppl. Part II. p. 217 et seq.
This officer obtained a lieutenant’s commission on the 11th Jan. 1797; commanded the Cracker gun-brig, in action with a division of French gun-vessels, proceeding from Fecamp to Boulogne, July 23d, 1805; and was promoted to his present rank Dec. 4th, 1813. He married, Oct. 29th, 1811, Miss Elizabeth Love Hammick, of Plymouth.
JOHN CHIENE, Esq.
[Commander.]
Was made a lieutenant on the 11th Jan. 1797; and presented with the Turkish gold medal, for his services on the coast of Egypt, during the campaign of 1801. He obtained his present rank Dec. 4th, 1813,
JAMES OLIVER, Esq.
[Commander.]
Was made a lieutenant into the Alcmene 32, Captain William Brown, June 8th, 1797 ; and commanded one of the boats of that frigate in a successful attack upon the forts and shipping at Vivero, on the north coast of Spain, July 13th, 1799. The prizes taken on this occasion were la Felicidad, a ship of about 800 tons, pierced for 22 guns, with a cargo, of hemp, lower masts, and ship timber; and El Bisarro, brig, laden with timber and iron. On the 26th of the preceding month, he assisted at the capture of the French ship privateer Courageux, pierced for 32 guns, mounting 28, with a complement of 253 men[1],
- ↑ Erratum. – In Vol. I. Part II. p. 763, line 10, for 270 read 253; and in James’s Naval History, 2d edit. Vol. II. p. 494, for William Sandford Oliver, read James Oliver.
