Bay of Biscay and sent to England. On his passage, however, the vessel he was in was driven by stress of weather in a sinking state under the island of Belleisle, and was there taken possession of by a force sent for that purpose from the shore. On the following day he was sent over to Quiberon Bay, and thence marched to the dépôt at Verdun, a distance of 500 miles. At the end of 18 months he vras deprived, with all the Midshipmen then in France, of his parole and taken to Givet. Here he was placed with 1200 British seamen in close confinement in the barracks; and it was not until Dec. 1809 that, having failed in two attempts, he at length succeeded in effecting his escape in the disguise of a female and reaching Ostend; whence, through the agency of a smuggler, he was conveyed on board the British fleet. In the onsuing Jan. he passed his examination; and in May, 1810, he joined on promotion the Neptune 98, flag-ship in the West Indies of Sir Alex. Cochrane, who immediately nominated him Acting-Lieutenant of the St. Pierre 18, Capts. Flinn and Houstoun. In this sloop he returned to Portsmouth in July of the same year; and on 10 of the next Dec. he was again ordered to act as Lieutenant in the Racehorse 18, Capt. Jas. De Rippe; under whom (the appointment being confirmed 18 April following) we find him present, 20 May, 1811, when in company off Madagascar with the 36-gun frigates Astraea, Phoebe, and Galatea, at the capture (after a long and warmly-contested action with the French 40 gun frigates Renommée, Clorinde, and Néréide) of the Renommée, and, on 25 of the same month, of the Néréide and the settlement of Tamatave. Invaliding from the Racehorse about May, 1812, he was next appointed – 5 Jan. 1813, to the Portia 14, Capt. Henry Thomson, in the North Sea – 8 June, 1813, to the President 38, Capt. Fras. Mason, the boats of which ship he commanded at the capture, during the siege of St. Sebastian, of the island of Sta. Clara – and, 22 June, 1814, to the Tonnant 80, bearing the flag of Sir A. Cochrane on the coast of North America. While there he commanded the Tonnant’s boats at the destruction of Commodore Barney’s flotilla up the Patuxent; had charge of a gun-boat in the attack upon Baltimore, and again commanded the boats of the Tonnant, in company with those of a squadron under Capt. Nicholas Lockyer of th« Sophie 18, at the capture, on Lake Borgne, of five American gun-boats under Commodore Jones, which did not surrender until the British, in the course of a desperate conflict, had been occasioned a loss of 17 men killed and 77 wounded. In narrating the details of the latter very gallant affair Capt. Lockyer, in his despatch, says, “I cannot omit to mention the conduct of Lieuts. Tattnall and Roberts, of the Tonnant, particularly the former, who, after having his boat sunk alongside, got into another and gallantly pushed on to the attack -of the remainder of the flotilla.”[1] We may add that the launch, the boat alluded to, had 16 of her crew killed and wounded. On the promotion of Capt. Lockyer Mr. Tattnall, having been the Senior-Lieutenant engaged, was ordered by Sir A. Cochrane to succeed him in the command of the Sophie. From Feb. to May, 1815, he acted as Captain of the Dictator 64 and Carron 20; and he was then placed on half-pay, without his promotion however being confirmed. At length, in March, 1819, on a partial change taking place at the Admiralty-Board, his case, without application on his part, was laid, by Sir Edw. Codrington, before Sir Geo. Cookburn, who at once placed him in acting command of the Spey 20, then on the eve of her departure for the Mediterranean. He was officially promoted 14 April following; and has not been since afloat.
TATTNALL. (Lieutenant, 1844.)
Robert Cooper Tattnall entered the Navy in 1832; passed his examination 27 Aug. 1838; served in the Mediterranean and at Portsmouth and Plymouth, as Mate, in the Britannia 120 and Powerful 84, both commanded by Capt. Michael Seymour, and St. Vincent 120, flag-ship of Sir Chas. Rowley; obtained his commission 22 Oct. 1844; and has been employed since 19 Feb. 1845 in the Rodney 92, Capt. Edw. Collier, in the Channel and Mediterranean.
TAUSE. (Commander, 1845.)
Hector Tause entered the Navy 18 June, 1809; attained the rank of Lieutenant 9 Aug. 1824; and was subsequently appointed – 3 July, 1833, as Senior, to the Challenger 28, Capt. Michael Seymour, under whom he was wrecked, on the coast of Chili, 19 May, 1835 – 17 April, 1837, 30 April, 1839, and 27 Oct. 1840, to the Royal Adelaide 104, Impregnable 104, and Caledonia 120, flag-ships of Lord Amelius Beauclerk and Sir Graham Moore at Plymouth, where he served as Second and First Lieutenant for five years – and, 24 Nov. 1843, in the capacity last mentioned, to the Albion 90, Capt. Nicholas Lockyer, bearing the flag at first of Sir David Milne at Devonport, and employed afterwards on the Lisbon and Channel stations. He was promoted to the rank of Commander in honour of the Queen’s visit to the Albion when forming part of an experimental squadron 21 June, 1845; and he has since been on half-pay. Agent – J. Hinxman.
TAYLER. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 17; h-p., 25.)
George Robert Tayler entered the Navy, in March, 1805, as a Volunteer, on board the Uranie frigate, Capt. Hon. Chas. Herbert. In that ship, in which he served for rather more than six months, he made a voyage to Quebec. He was next, from June, 1806, until June, 1807, employed on the Cadiz station in the Minorca 18, Capt. Hon. Granville Geo. Waldegrave; and in March, 1808, he entered the Royal Naval College. In June, 1810, having carried off a silver medal, he again embarked, on board the Astræa of 42 guns and 271 men, Capt. Chas. Marsh Schomberg; previously to following whom into the Nisus 38 we find him, 20 May, 1811, present, as Midshipman, in company with the Phœbe and Galatea, frigates about equal in force to the Astræa, and 18-gun brig Racehorse, at the capture (after a long and warmly-contested action fought off Madagascar with the French 40-gun frigates Renommée, Clorinde, and Néréide, and a loss to the Astræa of 2 men killed and 16 wounded) of the Renommée, and, on 25 of the same month, of the Néréide and the settlement of Tamatave. On his removal to the Nisus Mr. Tayler proceeded to the coast of Brazil; where he served, from Aug. 1814 until Aug. 1815, the last eight months as Acting-Second-Master, in the Valiant 74, Capt. Zachary Mudge. He was then presented with a commission bearing date 20 Feb. 1815. His succeeding appointments were – 11 Dec. 1816, for about three years, to the Egeria 26, Capt. Robt. Rowley, on the Newfoundland station – 5 Aug. 1820, to the Esk 20, Capts. Edw. Lloyd and Arthur Lee Warner, fitting for the West Indies, where he was superseded about Feb. 1823 – and, 28 March, 1826, to the Ramillies 74, Capt. Hugh Pigot, lying in the Downs. He has been on half-pay since 1827. Agent – J. Hinxman.
TAYLER. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
George Skene Tayler entered the Navy 23 Aug. 1831; passed his examination 4 Oct. 1837; and for his services as Mate of the Calliope 26, Capt. Thos. Herbert, on the coast of China, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 8 Oct. 1841. His succeeding appointments were – 29 June and 5 Oct. 1842, to the Blenheim 72, Capt. Sir Thos. Herbert, and Clio 16, Capts. Edw. Norwich Troubridge and Jas. Fitzjames, both in the East Indies, whence he returned in 1844 – 26 June, 1846, to the Bulldog steam-sloop, of 500-horse power, Capt. Geo. Evan Davis, employed on the Cape of Good Hope and Home stations-and, 30 April, 1847, for about six months, to the Howe 120, Capt. Sir Jas. Stirling, fitting at Portsmouth.
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1815, p. 446.
