Royal Naval Biography/Walker, Benjamin

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BENJAMIN WALKER, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1810.]

Was made a Lieutenant at the close of 1796; and promoted to the rank of Commander early in 1802. We subsequently find him commanding the Rosamond, an 18 gun ship-sloop, on the North Sea and West India stations. In June, 1806, he captured the Amstellan, Dutch privateer, of 12 guns and 60 men; and on the 18th Dec. 1809, le Papillon, French national brig, of 16 guns and 110 men, including 30 troops, with a quantity of flour on board, intended for the garrison of Guadaloupe. His post commission bears date June 15, 1810.