of 45 men. On this occasion, he had a midshipman and two sailors wounded; of the enemy three were slain and seven wounded. On the 31st of Mar. 1813, Captain Waldegrave reported the capture and destruction of two strong batteries and fourteen merchant vessels, at Morjean, by detachments from the Volontaire, Undaunted, and Redwing, the whole under the command of Lieutenant Shaw; who, on the 2d of May in the same year, was wounded whilst similarly employed[1]. His promotion to the rank of commander took place on the 9th of Aug. 1813.
WILLIAM HENRY HERRICK, Esq.
[Commander.]
Obtained a lieutenant’s commission in Feb. 1806; and commanded an armed prize schooner, attached to the squadron under Captain Sir Home Popham, during the disastrous operations in the Rio de la Plata, in Aug. 1806. He subsequently served in the West and East Indies, on which latter station he was promoted to his present rank, Aug. 17th, 1813.
JOHN KNILL KINSMAN, Esq.
[Commander.]
Appears to have been employed, as an acting lieutenant, on the coast of Egypt, during the memorable campaign of 1801. His first commission bears date Jan. 7th, 1802. We next find him serving under Sir Robert Laurie, in the Cleopatra frigate, on the Halifax station; and he is mentioned by that officer as having rendered him “every assistance” in the action between that ship and la Ville de Milan, Feb. 17th, 1805[2]. He obtained the rank of commander on the 17th of Sept. 1813; and died at the Royal Naval Hospital, Plymouth, in May, 1831.
MAYSON WRIGHT, Esq.
[Commander.]
Was made a lieutenant on the 1st of May, 1794 ; and appears to have been almost constantly employed, in the com-
