Royal Naval Biography/Forbes, Andrew
ANDREW FORBES, Esq.
[Commander.]
Served as midshipman under Captains Lord Cochrane and Thomas Rogers, in the Imperieuse frigate and Kent 74, on the Mediterranean station; passed his examination, at Plymouth, in Jan. 1813; obtained his first commission on the 17th Feb. 1815; was appointed to the Tyne 26, Captain James Kearney White, fitting out for the West India station, Feb. 18th, 1821; removed to the Scout 18, Captain James Wigston, July 5th, 1822; and promoted to the command of the Thracian sloop, June 16th, 1823.
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ANDREW FORBES, Esq.
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[Captain of 1834.]
Was advanced to the rank of captain on the 27th Aug. 1834.