2352669Royal Naval Biography — de Rippe, JamesJohn Marshall


JAMES DE RIPPE, Esq.
[Commander.]

Was made a lieutenant in May, 1804, and promoted to the command of the Racehorse sloop, on the Cape of Good Hope station, April 18th, 1811. On the 20th of the following month, he witnessed the capture of la Renommée, French frigate, near Madagascar; and on the 24th, assisted in taking possession of her late consort, la Néréide, together with several merchant vessels, in the port of Tamatavé.[1]He died in the year 1828.