Royal Naval Biography/Baumgardt, William Augustus
WILLIAM AUGUSTUS BAUMGARDT, Esq.
[Commander.]
Obtained the rank of lieutenant in Nov. 1806; and commanded a division of boats belonging to the squadron under Captain (now Sir Jahleel) Brenton, at the capture of Pesaro, in the Gulf of Venice, April 23d, 1809. He subsequently assisted at the capture of Cesenatico; Lusin, an island on the coast of Croatia, on which occasion his gallant conduct was particularly spoken of; and the islands of Zante, Cephalonia, and Cerigo.[1] On the 25th April, 1810, he commanded the boats of the Spartan and her consorts, at the capture of an armed ship and three barks, under the castle of Terrecino[2]; and on the 3d May following, bore a distinguished part in Captain Brenton’s action with the Neapolitan squadron and flotilla[3].
We next find this officer appointed to the Queen Charlotte, first rate, bearing the flag of Viscount Keith, on the Channel station. He obtained his present rank on the 28th Feb. 1815; afterwards acted, for about two months, as captain of the Madagascar frigate, at Sheerness; commissioned the Raleigh sloop, for the West India station, in Aug. 1818; invalided from heron the 10th Aug. 1820; and subsequently held the appointment of inspecting commander in the preventive service, at Exmouth, where he was superseded in 1825.