Royal Naval Biography/Sweney, Mark Halpen
MARK HALPEN SWENEY, Esq.
[Commander.]
Entered the royal navy in 1798. He was made a lieutenant on the 22d Jan. 1806; appointed first of the Benbow 74, Captain R. H. Pearson, in Dec. 1813; granted a pension of 91l. 5s. per annum, for wounds, Oct. 10th, 1816; subsequently employed in the coast blockade service, under Captain William M‘Culloch; promoted to the rank of commander in July 1821; appointed to the Gannet sloop, Nov. 22d, 1830; and to the Vernon 50, fitting out for the flag of Sir George Cockburn, commander-in-chief on the West India and North American stations, April 27th, 1833. He succeeded to the temporary command of that ship, vice Captain Sir George Augustus Westphal, invalided, in June 1834.