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].”
THOMAS M‘CULLOCH, Esq.
[Commander.]
Obtained the rank of lieutenant in 1796, and that of commander on the 13th Oct. 1812. He married, in 1818, a Miss Elizabeth Montague Plenderheath; and died at Bath, in 1830, aged 56 years.
SMITH COBB, Esq.
[Commander.]
Eldest son of Benjamin Cobb, Esq. a magistrate of the county of Kent.
This officer was born in 1786; and entered the royal navy in 1800, as midshipman on board the Ambuscade, a new 36-gun frigate, commanded by Captain the Hon. John (now Lord) Colvilie, under whose care he was placed by the late Sir Evan Nepean, then secretary to the Admiralty.
The Ambuscade[3] returned home from the Jamaica station, and was paid off, in the beginning of 1802; but immediately re-commissioned by Captain David Atkins. Under
- ↑ See Vol. II. Part II. p. 804.
- ↑ See Nav. Chron. vol. xxxvii. pp. 489–495.
- ↑ Afterwards named the Seine.
