A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Freese, Auchmuty Tylden

1719474A Naval Biographical Dictionary — Freese, Auchmuty TyldenWilliam Richard O'Byrne

FREESE. (Lieutenant, 1842.)

Auchmuty Tylden Freese entered the Navy 19 Sept. 1830; passed his examination 5 April, 1837; and for his services on the coast of China, wherehe served, as Mate, on board the Hon. E.I.C.’s steamer Nemesis, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Hutcheon Hall, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 23 Dec. 1842.[1] His next appointments, we find, were – 12 July, 1843, to the Conway 26, Capt. Robt. Fair, at the Cape of Good Hope – and, 9 Sept. 1844, to the Osprey 12, Capt. Fred. Patten, under whom he was wrecked off New Zealand in 1846.. Since 1 March, 1847, this officer has had charge of a station in the Coast Guard. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.


  1. Vide Gaz. 1842, p. 3821.