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large and handsome monument to the memory of Captain Edward Cooke, of H. M. S. Sybille, who was mortally wounded at the capture of the French frigate, La Forte, in the East Indies, on the 28th February, 1790, and died at Calcutta, Captain Cooke and Lieutenant Tupper being the only British officers of either rank mortally wounded on board the Sybille. Captain Cooke was a lieutenant in the Victory, at Toulon, with Lieutenant Carre Tupper, and also distinguished himself there.
Captain and Lieutenants on board the Sybille frigate, June 18, 1826, with the date of their commissions :
Captain Sir Samuel S. Pechell, Bart., C. B. . . June 16, 1808. Lieutenants Edward Gordon June 30, 1813.
„ J. O. Bliss June 17, 1825.
„ E. W. Tupper April 14, 1826.
„ H. A. Griffith June 5, 1826.
All dated in June, excepting that of Lieutenant Tupper, and the Sybille was captured in the Greek Archipelago 1 7th June, 1794. Lieutenant Tupper s commission was dated in April, and he lost his life in June ; the commissions of Lieutenants Gordon and Bliss were dated in June, and they perished in April. Lieutenant Tupper succeeded to a vacancy which occurred in June, 1825. Lieutenant Gordon was made a commander 3d June, 1826, and appointed to command the Acorn 25th June, 1827. He perished about the 17th April, 1828, and Colonel Tupper was killed in Chile 1 7th April, 1830.
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