JOHN FYFFE, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1807.]
This officer was made a Lieutenant, April 24, 1782; but did not obtain his next step until 1798. He commanded the Cyclops, troop-ship, on the expedition against Quiberon, in 1798; and received a gold medal from the Grand Seignior, for his services during the Egyptian campaign.
Captain Fyffe’s next appointment was to the Reindeer of 18 guns, in which sloop he captured and destroyed several French privateers on the Jamaica station; where he also fought a gallant action with two national brigs, each carrying 16 long 6-pounders and 120 men. The subsequent capture of these vessels by the Pique frigate has been related at p. 736 of our second volume. Captain Fyffe’s post commission bears date Oct. 13, 1807.
Agent.– P. Muspratt, Esq.