Royal Naval Biography/Strangways, Charles
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CHARLES STRANGWAYS, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1827.]
Was made a lieutenant on the 28th of Oct. 1809; appointed to the Euryalus frigate. Captain the Hon. G. H. L. Dundas, Mar. 31st, 1810; removed from that ship to the North Star 20, Captain Thomas Coe, Nov. 4th, 1814; and promoted from the latter to the rank of commander, July 14th, 1816. The manner in which the Euryalus was principally employed will be seen on reference to Vol. II. Part I. p. 422 et seq. and Suppl. Part I. pp. 6–9.
This officer subsequently commanded the Onyx and Clio sloops, on the Jamaica and North Sea stations. His commission as captain bears date April 20th, 1827.
Agents.– Messrs. Chard.