Royal Naval Biography/Cuppage, William
WILLIAM CUPPAGE, Esq.
[Captain of 1830.]
Lost a leg whilst serving as signal midshipman on board the San Josef 120, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Richard King, in a skirmish with the French fleet, near Toulon, Nov. 5th, 1813[1]; obtained the rank of lieutenant in April 1815, and a pension of 91l. 5s. per annum, April 4th, 1816; served under Captains Sir Archibald C. Dickson, John Brett Purvis, William Paterson, William Holmes, Thomas Forrest, William F. Carroll, and Sir James Brisbane, in the Rochfort 74, Magicienne frigate, Minden 74, Arab sloop, Isis 50 (flag-ship of Sir Lawrence W. Halsted, on the Jamaica station), Warspite 76, Boadicea and Java frigates; the latter ship, as also the Warspite, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Cage, on the East India station. He was appointed second captain of the Java, Dec. 21th, 1827; and promoted to his present rank, July 22d, 1830.