Royal Naval Biography/Fegen, Richard
RICHARD FEGEN, Esq.
[Commander.]
Obtained his first commission on the 8th Nov. 1806; and served in the expeditions to Monte Video and Walcheren, in 1807 and 1809. He was afterwards successively appointed to the Favorite, Gannet, and Kangaroo sloops; of which latter vessel we find him acting commander, on the West India station, in 1813. His next appointment was, we believe, Dec. 6th, 1813, to the Prince 98, flag-ship at Spithead. He subsequently commanded the Misletoe schooner, Tiger and Lapwing, revenue cruisers, and Pincher schooner, the latter employed in the West Indies, for the suppression of piracy, from which vessel he was promoted to his present rank on the 9th Feb. 1828. While in the Tiger and Lapwing, he captured the Dart smuggling cutter, of ninety tons, with a full cargo, and several other contraband traders.
Commander Fegen married. May 13th, 1831, Miss Banks, of Ryde, in the Isle of Wight.