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Royal Naval Biography/Clark, Samuel

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2347466Royal Naval Biography — Clark, SamuelJohn Marshall


SAMUEL CLARK, Esq.
[Commander.]

Was also a first lieutenant at the battle near St. Domingo, and promoted on the same day as the above officer. In Sept. 1808, he was appointed to the command of the Rolla sloop: and on the 6th Oct. 1811, he captured l’Espoir French privateer, of 16 guns and 50 men, off Fecamp.