A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Gosset, Charles
GOSSET. (Lieut., 1819. f-p., 10; h-p., 27.)
Charles Gosset entered the Navy, 12 May, 1810, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Apollo 38, Capt. Bridges Watkinson Taylor; while under whose command he assisted as Midshipman at the capture, 13 Feb. 1812, of the French frigate-built store-ship Mérinos, at 20 guns and 126 men, under the batteries of Corsica, and was further present at the reduction of the Tower of St. Cataldo, and of the islands of Curzola, Paxo, and Anti-Paxo. From March, 1814, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 26 March, 1819, he served, on the Adriatic, Home, West and East India, and South American stations, occasionally as Acting-Lieutenant, in the Revenge 74, flag-ship of Sir John Gore, Slaney 20, Capt. Chas. Sotheby, Iphigenia 36, Capt. Andw. King, Elk 18, Capt. Lardner Dennys, Amphion 32, Commodore Wm. Bowles, Icarus 10, Capt. Hon. Chas. Orlando Bridgeman, Amphion again, Commodore Bowles, Tyne 26, Capts. Gordon Thos. Falcon and Hon. C. O. Bridgeman, and once more in the Amphion, Capt. Wm. Bateman Dashwood. He was then employed for some time in the Favorite 26, Capt. Hercules Robinson, on the Brazilian station. Since the paying off of that vessel, however, be has not been afloat.