A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Haswell, Edward
HASWELL. (Lieut., 1816. f-p., 11; h-p., 31.)
Edward Haswell entered the Navy, in Feb. 1805, as Ordinary, on board the Centaur 74, bearing the broad pendant in the West Indies of Sir Sam. Hood. Being appointed Midshipman, in the early part of the following year, of the Indefatigable 46, Capts. John Tremayne Rodd, Henry Edw. Reginald Baker, John Broughton, and Edw. Tucker, he continued to serve in that frigate, on the Bay of Biscay and Channel stations, until June, 1812; in the course of which, and of the following year, he was successively transferred with Capt. Tucker to a Master’s Mateship in the Cornwall 74, and Inconstant 36 – the latter ship attached to the force in South America. He became Acting-Lieutenant, 18 June, 1814, of the Elk 18, Capt. John Bartholomew Hoar Curran, on the East India station, where he was confirmed 10 Feb. 1815. He went on half-pay in 1816, and has not been since afloat.