Royal Naval Biography/Thomson, Andrew
ANDREW THOMSON, Esq.
[Commander.]
Was second lieutenant of the Irresistible 74, Captain George Martin, at the battle off Cape St. Vincent, Feb. 14th, 1797, on which occasion he appears to have been wounded; first of the Foudroyant 80, Captain Sir Edward Berry, at the capture of le Généreux French 74, Feb. 10th, 1800; and acting commander of the Strombolo bomb, at the surrender of Malta, Sept. 5th following. His appointment to that vessel was confirmed by the Admiralty, Oct. 17th, 1801; and he brought her home from the Mediterranean in June, 1802. This officer died in 1828.