Royal Naval Biography/Carthew, William
WILLIAM CARTHEW, Esq
[Superannuated Rear-Admiral.]
This officer was made a Post-Captain, May 10, 1794; and in the same year commanded the Redoubt, of 20 guns, stationed at Sheerness as a floating battery. In 1795 he was appointed to the Brilliant, a small frigate, on the North Sea station; from which he removed into the Regulus, 44, and proceeded to the West Indies. On his passage thither, Nov. 2, 1796, he captured El San Pio, a Spanish corvette of 18 guns. Captain Carthew appears to have left the Regulus on the Jamaica station, in 1798. He was superannuated, with the rank of Rear-Admiral, Aug. 18, 1812.
Agent.– Sir F. M. Ommanney.