Royal Naval Biography/Rodd, John Tremayne
JOHN TREMAYNE RODD, Esq
A Companion of the most Honorable Military Order of the Bath.
[Post-Captain of 1798.]
This officer was promoted to the rank of Post-Captain, Sept. 7, 1798. He had previously commanded the Bonetta and Scorpion sloops of war. In the latter he captured the Courier, a Dutch vessel of 6 guns. At the renewal of hostilities, in 1803, he was appointed Flag-Captain to the late Sir Charles Cotton, Bart, in the San Josef, a first rate; and in 1805, to command the Indefatigable frigate, under the orders of Admiral Cornwallis: but with the exception of his capturing la Diana, a French letter of marque of 14 guns, pierced for 22, and 68 men, laden with naval stores, &c. for the Isle of France; and la Clarisse, a privateer of 3 guns, pierced for 14, and 48 men; we find no farther mention of him until April, 1809, when he assisted at the destruction of the French squadron in Aix Roads[1]. He was appointed to the Warrior 74, in the summer of 1814.
Captain Rodd married, in 1809, the only daughter of Major Rennell, a gentleman well known to the literary world.
Agent.– Sir Francis M. Ommanney, M.P.