Royal Naval Biography/Wilson, Andrew
ANDREW WILSON, Esq.
[Commander.]
Obtained a lieutenant’s commission in Feb, 1800; and commanded the boats of the Alceste and Topaze frigates, at the capture of a three-gun battery, and two merchant vessels, lying under its protection, in the bay of Martino, island of Corsica, June 21st, 1810. On the 29th Nov. 1811, he was slightly wounded, whilst “most ably assisting” his captain, the late Sir Murray Maxwell, in a severe action with two French frigates of the largest class, from Corfu bound to Trieste[1]. His promotion to the rank of commander took place Sept. 17th, 1812. On the 4th Aug. 1815, he proposed to Viscount Melville “a more perfect research into the cause and effects which produce such unequal tides in various parts of the globe;” and we are informed, that his letter “was received by that nobleman with peculiar marks of approbation[2].”
- ↑ See Vol. II. Part II. p. 804.
- ↑ See Nav. Chron. vol. xxxvii. pp. 489–495.