JOHN POLE, Esq.
[Commander.]
Was made a lieutenant on the 1st Jan. 1821 and subsequently served under Captain Price Blackwood and Commodore Sir Robert Mends, in the Curlew sloop and Owen Glendower frigate, on the East India and African stations. He obtained the rank of commander, Sept. 20th, 1824.
MICHAEL QUIN, Esq.
[Commander.]
Entered the royal navy in 1804; obtained his first commission in July 1812; and commanded the boats of the Weazle sloop, Captain James Black, in conjunction with those of the Apollo frigate, at the capture and destruction of the tower of St. Cataldo, (the strongest between Brindisi and Otranto,) containing a telegraph, three guns, and three swivels, Dec. 21st, 1812. Other services in which he was subsequently engaged on the Adriatic station, have been recorded in Suppl. Part III. pp. 127–130 and pp. 333–338. After the peace with France, in 1814, he was appointed to the Oberon sloop, Captain James Murray; and in Oct. 1820, to the Satellite, Captain Armar Lowry Corry, fitting out for the East India station. His promotion to the rank of commander took place Oct. 5th, 1824; his next appointment was, Sept. 17th, 1828, to the Pelorus sloop, in which vessel he returned home from the Mediterranean, to be paid off, May 9th, 1830. Since then he has served for a few months on board the Windsor Castle 74; and commissioned the Raleigh 18, destined to the East Indies,
ANDREW DREW, Esq.
[Commander.]
Passed his examination, at Sheerness, in May 1812; and was serving on board the Eurotas frigate. Captain (now Sir John) Phillimore, at the capture of la Clorinde, in Feb. 1814[1].
