Royal Naval Biography/Southey, Thomas

by John Marshall

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THOMAS SOUTHEY, Esq.
[Commander.]

Has been twice wounded in action with the enemy – first, while serving as midshipman on board the Mars 74, Captain Alexander Hood, at the capture of the French line-of-battle ship Hercule, April 21st, 1798^[1]; and, secondly, as lieutenant of the Bellona 74, Captain Thomas Boulden Thompson, at the battle of Copenhagen, April 2d, 1801. He obtained his present rank on the 1st Aug. 1811.

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1. See Vol. II. Part II. p. 615, et seq.