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Octavius Carey

Sir Octavius Carey CB KCH
Born	1785 Guernsey
Died	13 March 1844 (aged 58) London
Buried	St Mary Abchurch
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Years of service	1801–1844
Rank	Major-general
Commands	Calabrian Free Corps 57th Regiment of Foot Cork District
Battles / wars	Napoleonic Wars Peninsular War Battle of Castalla Siege of Tarragona Battle of Ordal
Awards	Knight bachelor
Memorials	Town Church, Guernsey
Spouse(s)	Harriot Le Marchant ​ ​ (m. 1818⁠–⁠1844)​
Children	13

Major-General Sir Octavius Carey CB KCH (1785 – 13 March 1844) was a British Army officer who served through the Napoleonic Wars, most notably as commander of the Calabrian Free Corps in the Peninsular War.

Memorial to Carey in Town Church, Guernsey

References

• Bromley, Janet; Bromley, David (2012). Wellington's Men Remembered. Vol. 1. Barnsley: The Praetorian Press. ISBN 978-1-84884-675-3.

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2	Fighter Command CinC, not interested in Big Wings
3	Flew his flag at Leyte Gulf, donned a bovine nickname
5	Stalingrad hero who Stalin pushed to the side after '45
6	Established the SAS but spent most of the war behind German wire
8	Manfred's cousin, commanded the Condor Legion
10	Chief of Staff, post-war created a popular Plan
12	Fought the Soviets in the icy north, had a Line named after him
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1	Airman whose Raid in 1942 galvanised a nation
4	Eccentric commando-peer, ashore on Sword to pipes wailing
7	Organised Wannsee but thought Argentina was safer
9	Victor at Pearl Harbour but later killed in Vengeance
11	Architect by trade, rose to more under Hitler

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Robert Hughes (Royal Navy officer, died 1774)

Robert Hughes
Died	19 January 1774
Allegiance	Kingdom of Great Britain
Service / branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1712–1774
Rank	Rear-Admiral
Commands	HMS Jamaica HMS Shark HMS Kingston HMS Tilbury HMS Captain HMS Port Mahon HMS Augusta HMS Berwick HMS Norfolk HMS Rippon HMS Dorsetshire HMS Dragon HMS Centaur
Battles / wars	War of the Spanish Succession War of the Austrian Succession Battle of Cartagena de Indias Seven Years' War Battle of Cartagena Invasion of Martinique Invasion of Guadeloupe
Relations	Sir Richard Hughes (brother)

Rear-Admiral Robert Hughes (died 19 January 1774) was a Royal Navy officer.

Adam Drummond (Royal Navy officer)

Sir Adam Drummond KCH JP DL
Born	1770
Died	3 May 1849 (aged 78) Norfolk Street, London
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1780–1849
Rank	Admiral
Commands	HMS Bulldog HMS Carysfort HMS Dryad Ramsgate Sea Fencibles HMS Leviathan
Battles / wars	American Revolutionary War Battle of Cape St. Vincent Relief of Gibraltar Battle of Cape Spartel French Revolutionary Wars Battle of Camperdown Napoleonic Wars
Awards	Knight bachelor
Spouse(s)	Lady Charlotte Menzies ​ ​ (m. 1801⁠–⁠1832)​
Children	5
Relations	Sir Gordon Drummond (brother) Henry Drummond-Hay (son)

Admiral Sir Adam Drummond KCH JP DL was a Scottish Royal Navy officer.

HMS Medusa (1785)

History
Great Britain
Name	Medusa
Namesake	Medusa
Ordered	1 August 1775
Cost	£26,417
Laid down	March 1776
Launched	23 July 1785
Completed	10 August 1785
Commissioned	August 1790
Fate	Wrecked 26 November 1798
General characteristics
Class and type	Experiment-class fourth rate
Tons burthen	92016⁄94 (bm)
Length	140 ft 9+1⁄2 in (42.9 m) (overall) 115 ft 11+1⁄2 in (35.3 m) (keel)
Beam	38 ft 7+1⁄2 in (11.8 m)
Draught	10 ft 6 in (3.2 m) (forward) 14 ft 5 in (4.4 m) (aft)
Depth of hold	16 ft 7 in (5.1 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Complement	300
Armament	LD: 20 × 12-pounder guns UD: 22 × 12-pounder guns QD: 6 × 6-pounder guns Fc: 2 × 32-pounder carronades

HMS Medusa was a

Design and construction

Medusa was a 50-gun, 12-pounder Experiment-class fourth rate. In the mid-eighteenth century the fourth rate as a class of ship had been slowly replaced by more capable but smaller frigates. The expectation of the American Revolution, however, meant that the type was brought back to the forefront of naval architecture. This was because the shallow waters off the coast of North America would not allow larger warships such as third rate ships of the line to operate safely. The Royal Navy's frigates, while shallow enough to work close to shore, were too small to be as effective as ships of the line could be. Fourth rates were both large enough and shallow enough to make an impact in warfare off the American coasts. As such shipbuilders began to submit designs for new classes of fourth rates, one of which was the Experiment class by Surveyor of the Navy, John Williams.

The Experiment class of fifty guns was planned by Williams to be a serious alternative to the use of frigates in wider naval warfare, and as such looked to create a "best of both worlds" situation between ships of the line and frigates. Williams designed the class to carry a battery of 24-pounder long guns on the ship's lower deck but based the hull on dimensions from the 1741 Establishment of Royal Navy ship construction, thus making the ships smaller than other modern designs. The Admiralty approved the design on 9 November 1772, but decreed that the 24-pounders would be too destructive on the lightly built timbers of the ships, replacing the battery with 12-pounders.

Medusa was ordered on 1 August 1775, the second ship of the class after the prototype HMS Experiment. She was named on 20 October, after the gorgon Medusa. The contract for Medusa was given to the shipwright John Henslow at Plymouth Dockyard. The ship was laid down in March the following year, but a long period of time ensued before she was launched, during which in November 1784 Henslow was replaced by Thomas Pollard. Medusa was finally launched on 23 July 1785 with the following dimensions: 140 feet 9+1⁄2 inches (42.9 m) along the upper deck, 115 feet 11+1⁄2 inches (35.3 m) at the keel, with a beam of 38 feet 7+1⁄2 inches (11.8 m) and a depth in the hold of 16 feet 7 inches (5.1 m). The ship had a draught of 10 feet 6 inches (3.2 m) forward and 14 feet 5 inches (4.4 m) aft, and measured 92016⁄94 tons burthen.

Medusa was completed on 10 August, having cost £26,417. With a crew complement of 300, she was armed with twenty 12-pounders on the lower deck and twenty-two 12-pounders on the upper deck. This main armament was complemented by six 6-pounders on the quarterdeck. Initially the forecastle was planned to carry two more 6-pounders, but on 10 October 1790 an Admiralty Order changed this to two 32-pounder carronades. Medusa was fitted out for the first time between August and 15 October to operate in the English Channel. This cost a further £3,296.

Service

Medusa was commissioned in August 1790 by Captain John Nicholson Inglefield. Despite her having been fitted for the English Channel, on 22 October the ship sailed for the African coast. Having at some point returned to Britain, Medusa was recommissioned under Captain James Norman in January 1793. In the following month the ship was converted into a receiving ship at Chatham Dockyard at a cost of £3,446. She served in such a role at Cork from April, and towards the end of the year was described as being a 38-gun fifth rate with a crew of 274 men.

Medusa was sent to Jamaica on 15 February 1795 and returned as an escort to a convoy in December, being paid off at the same time. Early the following year she may have briefly served as a troop ship before in February she was instead fitted as a hospital ship at Plymouth at a cost of £8,961. Recommissioned under the command of Commander John Eaton in March, Medusa continued as a hospital ship until January 1797. Subsequently in July Medusa returned to her role as a troop ship, under the command of Commander Alexander Becher. In this role she sailed to the Mediterranean Sea in October 1798. While off Rosia Bay, Gibraltar, on 26 November Medusa was wrecked.

References

• Manning, T. D.; Walker, C. F. (1959). British Warship Names. London: Putnam. OCLC 213798232.
• Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. London: Pen & Sword. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.
• Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-78346-926-0.

Vincent Rivaz

Vincent Rivaz CB
Born	1842
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Indian Army
Years of service	1860–
Rank	Colonel
Commands	37th (Dogra) Bengal Infantry
Battles / wars	Second Anglo-Afghan War Hazara Expedition
Alma mater	Cambridge College
Spouse(s)	Louisa Caroline Wilmot
Relations	Sir Charles Rivaz (brother)

Colonel Vincent Rivaz CB was a British Indian Army officer.

Matthew Latham

Matthew Latham
Born	1785/6
Died	27 April 1865, age 79 France
Buried	Blingel, France
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Years of service	1805–1820
Rank	Captain
Unit	3rd Regiment of Foot
Battles / wars	Napoleonic Wars Peninsular War Battle of Busaco Battle of Albuera (WIA)
Awards	Military General Service Medal

Captain Matthew Latham (1785/6 – 27 April 1865) was a British Army officer during the Napoleonic Wars. While serving as a lieutenant in the 3rd Regiment of Foot at the Battle of Albuera, he saved the regimental king's colour in an action that lost him an arm and severely damaged his face. He was subsequently promoted and rewarded by his regiment and the Prince Regent. Latham retired from the army in 1820 and went to live in France where he died aged 79.

Service

Matthew Latham was born in 1785/6 and joined the British Army as an ensign in the 3rd Regiment of Foot on 15 November 1805. He was subsequently promoted to lieutenant on 8 April 1807. From November 1809 Latham served with his regiment in the Iberian Peninsula, fighting the Peninsular War. As such he fought at the Battle of Busaco on 27 September 1810 and was then present at the Battle of Albuera on 16 May the following year.

References

• Bromley, Janet; Bromley, David (2012). Wellington's Men Remembered. Barnsley, South Yorkshire: The Praetorian Press. ISBN 978-1-84884-675-3.

HMS Pantaloon (1831)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Pantaloon.

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Pantaloon
Namesake	Pantalone
Builder	Troon Shipyard
Cost	£9,888
Launched	May 1831
Completed	26 July 1832
Acquired	1 October 1831
Commissioned	5 September 1834
Out of service	22 February 1852
Fate	Broken up August 1852
General characteristics
Tons burthen	323 (bm)
Length	90 ft (27.4 m) (upper deck) 71 ft 4+1⁄4 in (21.7 m) (keel)
Beam	29 ft 4+1⁄4 in (8.9 m)
Depth of hold	12 ft 8 in (3.9 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Complement	68
Armament	8 × 18-pounder carronades + 2 × 6-pounder guns (pre 1848) 6 × 18-pounder carronades + 2 × 18-pounder guns (post 1848)

HMS Pantaloon was a

References

• Collister, Peter (1980). The Sulivans and the Slave Trade. London: Rex Collings. ISBN 086036-121-7.
• Drummond, Maldwin (1979). Salt-Water Palaces. London: Debrett's Peerage. ISBN 0-905649-27-3.
• Facts versus Fiction or, Sir Wm Symonds' Principles of Naval Architecture Vindicated. London: Parker, Furnivall, and Parker. 1845. OCLC 57293338.
• Graham, Eric J. (2021). "The Fourth Duke of Portland's Pantaloon (1831–1852): Private yacht, experimental 'brig sloop of war' and slave-ship hunter". The Mariner's Mirror. 107 (3): 292–307. doi:10.1080/00253359.2021.1940519.
• Guest, Montague; Boulton, William B. (1902). The Royal Yacht Squadron: Memorials of its Members. London: John Murray. OCLC 697598625.
• Lubbock, Basil (1922). The Blackwall Frigates. Glasgow: James Brown & Son.
• Manning, T. D.; Walker, C. F. (1959). British Warship Names. London: Putnam. OCLC 213798232.
• Sharp, James A. (1858). Memoirs of the Life and Services of Rear-Admiral Sir William Symonds, Kt. London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts. OCLC 912937599.
• Winfield, Rif (2014). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1817–1863: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-84832-169-4.

Spencer Vassall

Sir Spencer Vassall Kt KH
Born	17 May 1799
Died	29 May 1846 29 Hyde Park Gardens
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1812–1846
Rank	Post-captain
Commands	HMS Eclair HMS Harrier
Known for	Anti-piracy operations
Battles / wars	Napoleonic Wars Peninsular War
Spouse(s)	Letitia Napier ​ (m. 1844)​
Relations	General Rawdon Vassall (brother)

Captain Sir Spencer Lambart Hunter Vassall Kt KH (17 May 1799 – 29 May 1846) was a Royal Navy officer who served through the latter years of the Napoleonic Wars before finding recognition leading anti-piracy operations in the Strait of Malacca in the 1830s.

References

• O'Byrne, William R. (1849). "Vassall, Spencer Lambart Hunter" . A Naval Biographical Dictionary. London: John Murray. p. 1227.

Booty Harvey

Booty Harvey CB
Born	4 May 1764 Wordwell, Suffolk
Died	16 July 1833 Thetford, Norfolk
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	c. 1775–1833
Rank	Captain
Commands	HMS Rosario HMS Porcupine
Battles / wars	American Revolutionary War French Revolutionary War Invasion of Guadeloupe Battle of Tory Island Napoleonic Wars Action of 13 March 1806
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath

Captain Booty Harvey CB (4 May 1764 – 16 July 1833) was a Royal Navy officer.

Early life

Booty Harvey was born at Wordwell, Suffolk, on 4 May 1764. He was the son of Thomas Harvey, a farmer; his mother's maiden name was Pawsey. His father's landlord was Rear-Admiral Augustus Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol. Under Hervey's patronage, Harvey joined the Royal Navy as a midshipman in 1775.

Naval service

Early career

With the American Revolutionary War ongoing, Harvey was sent to serve on the 32-gun frigate HMS Arethusa, in which ship he sailed to St Helena. Subsequent to this Harvey transferred to join the 32-gun frigate HMS Montreal, visiting Quebec in her. Montreal afterwards joined the Mediterranean Fleet, where in 1779 the frigate was captured by two French ships of the line. Hervey died on 23 December 1779, but the patronage of the Hervey family continued for Harvey under Hervey's nephew, Captain John Hervey, Lord Hervey, another Royal Navy officer. Harvey served under Hervey in various ships until the end of the American Revolutionary War in 1783.

References

• Allen, Joseph (1868). Battles of the British Royal Navy. Vol. 2. London: Bell & Daldy.
• Berry, William (1828). Encyclopaedia Heraldica. London: Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper.
• Brenton, Edward Pelham (1825). The Naval History of Great Britain. Vol. 4. London: C. Rice.
• Bulletins of the Campaign 1815. London: R. G. Clarke. 1815.
• Clarke, James Stanier; McArthur, John (1814). The Naval Chronicle. Vol. 32. London: Joyce Gold.
• Clowes, William Laird (1900). The Royal Navy: A History from the Earliest Times to the Present. Vol. 5. London: Sampson Low, Marston and Company.
• Dix, Noonan, and Webb (2015). The John Goddard Collection. London: Dix, Noonan, and Webb.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
• Hervey, Sydenham Henry Augustus (1903). West Stow Parish Registers. Woodbridge: George Booth.
• Huskisson, Thomas (1985). Eyewitness to Trafalgar. Orwell, Cambridgeshire: Ellisons' Editions. ISBN 0 946092 09 5.
• Marshall, John (1829). "Harvey, Booty" . Royal Naval Biography. Vol. supp part 3. London: Longman and company. pp. 70–75.
• Urban, Sylvanus (1824). The Gentleman's Magazine. London: J. B. Nichols and Son.
• Urban, Sylvanus (1833). The Gentleman's Magazine. London: J. B. Nichols and Son.

George Wolfe

George Wolfe
Born	3 August 1766
Died	1825
Service / branch	Royal Navy
Rank	Captain
Commands	HMS Sally HMS Galatea HMS Aigle
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath

Captain George Wolfe CB (3 August 1766–1825) was a Royal Navy officer

References

• Clowes, William Laird (1898). The Royal Navy, A History From the Earliest Times to the Present. Vol. 3. London: Sampson Low, Marston and Company.
• Harrison, Cy (2019). Royal Navy Officers of the Seven Years War. Warwick, England: Helion. ISBN 978-1-912866-68-7.
• Syrett, David; DiNardo, R. L. (1994). The Commissioned Sea Officers of the Royal Navy 1660–1815. Aldershot, England: Scolar Press. ISBN 1 85928 122 2.
• Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. London: Pen & Sword. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.

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References

• Cannon, Richard (1842). Historical Record of the Eighty-Sixth, or the Royal County Down Regiment of Foot. London: J. W. Parker.
• Carlyle, E. I.; Stearn, Roger T. (2004). "Warde, Sir Henry". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
• Carlyle, E. I.; Milne, Lynn (2004). "Smith, Sir Lionel, first baronet". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
• Chichester, H. M.; Stearn, Roger T. (2021). "Leith, Sir James". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
• Chichester, H. M.; Stearn, Roger T. (2004). "Lyon, Sir James Frederick". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
• Chichester, H. M.; Lunt, James (2021). "Cotton, Stapleton, first Viscount Combermere". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
• Chichester, H. M.; Milne, Lynn (2014). "Cloete, Sir Abraham Josias". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
• Chichester, H. M.; Grout, Andrew (2010). "Munro, William". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
• Fortescue, John (1910). A History of the British Army. Vol. 5. London: Macmillan and Co.
• Spain, Jonathan (2008). "Beckwith, Sir George". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
• Urban, Sylvanus (1831). The Gentleman's Magazine. Vol. 101, part 2. London: J. B. Nichols and Son.
• Vetch, R. H.; Esdaile, Charles (2008). "Whittingham, Sir Samuel Ford". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)