that ship, 7 Oct. 1795, after a brave defence of 40 minutes, by a French squadron under M. Richery, and carried into Cadiz. He was soon, however, restored to liberty. During the time he belonged to the Bellette he was employed in a tender on the coast of Corsica; he was First-Lieutenant of the Gibraltar when the latter was driven in a gale of wind out of Gibraltar Bay; and he was for nearly four years and nine months in the Royal Sovereign. He served in the Channel and on the coast of Ireland in the Thunderer 74, Capt. Wm. Bedford, from March, 1803, until Dec. 1804; obtained command, 2 June, 1805, of the Désirée schooner, in the West Indies; was there removed, 28 of the same month, to the Alligator troop-ship, Capt. Fras. Aug. Collier; and was next, 17 July in the same year and 3 April, 1806, appointed to the command, also on the West India station, of the Attentive gun-brig and Dolphin 44, store-ship. He brought the latter vessel to Deptford, and was obliged from the effects of yellow fever to leave her in Dec. 1806. He did not afterwards go afloat. He accepted the rank of Commander on the Retired List 13 April, 1825.
TARDREW. (Lieut., 1811. f-p., 16; h-p., 27.)
George Tardrew was born in 1784.
This officer entered the Navy, 20 April, 1804, as Midshipman, on board the Prince 98, Capt. Rich. Grindall; under whom he cruized in the Channel and fought at Trafalgar 21 Oct. 1805. From March, 1806, until Sept. 1810, he served in the East Indies and China, among the Western Islands, and on the north coast of Spain, as Master’s Mate, in the Jupiter 50, Capt. Henry Edw. Reginald Baker, and Endymion 40, Capt. Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel. He then joined the Milford 74, bearing the flag of Sir Rich. Goodwin Keats at Cadiz; and on 26 April, 1811, after having been for about six months employed as Acting-Lieutenant with the flotilla at the defence of that place, he was officially promoted. He subsequently proceeded in the Milford off Toulon. His last appointments were – 2 Nov. 1811, to the Derwent 18, Capt. Geo. Manners Sutton, in the Channel – 6 March, 1813, and 27 March, 1815, to the Bellerophon 74 and Salisbury 50, both flag-ships of Sir R. G. Keats at Newfoundland, whence he returned in Dec. of the latter year – and, in 1822, to the Coast Guard, in which service he remained for about four years.
Lieut. Tardrew married, in 1826, Catherine, third daughter of G. Arnold, Esq.
TARLETON. (Commander, 1846.)
John Walter Tarleton passed his examination in 1830; obtained his first commission 22 Sept. 1835; and was subsequently appointed – 2 Feb. 1836, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant, to the Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir Josias Rowley in the Mediterranean – 1 April following, to the Favorite 18, Capt. Geo. Rodney Mundy, on the same station – 19 April, 1837, to the Ringdove 16, Capts. Horatio Stopford Nixon and Hon. Keith Stewart, with whom he served in North America and the West Indies until the close of 1841 – 5 Feb. 1842, as Senior, to the Carysfort 26, Capt. Lord Geo. Paulet, fitting for the Pacific, whence he returned to England and was paid off in June, 1845 – and, 2 Dec. 1845, to the Endymion 44, Capt. Geo. Robt. Lambert, in which ship he again sailed for the North America and West India station. He attained his present rank 9 Nov. 1846; and since 23 Nov. 1848 has been employed as Second-Captain in the Vengeance 84, Capt. the Earl of Hardwicke, now in the Mediterranean. Agents – Messrs. Chard.
TATHAM. (Commander, 1846.)
Edward Tatham passed his examination in 1831; and obtained his first commission 12 Jan. 1838. His succeeding appointments were – 2 Aug. 1838, as Additional-Lieutenant, to the Melville 74, flag-ship of Hon. Geo. Elliot at the Cape of Good Hope – 15 Nov. following, to the Columbine 16, Capts. Geo. Elliot and Thos. Jordaine Clarke, on the North America and West India and East India stations – 31 Aug. and 9 Oct. 1841, as First, to the Belvidera 38, Capt. Hon. Geo. Grey, and Spartan 26, Capt. Hon. Chas. G. J. B. Elliot, the latter attached to the force on the coast of North America and in the West Indies, whence he returned in 1845 – and, 18 Feb. 1846, in a similar capacity, to the Raleigh 50, fitting for the broad pendant of Sir Thos. Herbert. While lying in Pinop Reach on the night of 16 April following, Mr. Tatham, hearing from his bed that a sentinel had fallen overboard, immediately sprang upon deck and precipitated himself off the gangway into the river. Although an intense fog prevailed at the time, and the weather was cold in the extreme, he succeeded, at the peril of his own life, in saving the marine. When taken on board he retired to his berth in a state of great exhaustion, but in the morning was up and at his duty. For his heroic conduct he was promoted to the rank of Commander 6 June following. He was re-appointed to the Raleigh in the course of the same month; and is now serving in her on the S.E. coast of America. Agents – Messrs. Ommanney.
TATLOCK. (Lieut., 1812. f-p., 12; h-p., 32.)
James Thomas Tatlock entered the Navy, 17 June, 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Puissant 74, Capt. John Irwin, lying at Spithead. In Jan. 1805 he removed as Midshipman (a rating he had attained in Nov. 1803) to the Avenger sloop, Capt. Thos. White, on the Newfoundland station; he served next, in the Mediterranean, from Jan. 1807 until July, 1810, in the Belleisle and Northumberland 74’s, both commanded by Capt. Wm. Hargood; and after he had been further employed for a year and eight months off Flushing in the Defiance 74, Capt. Rich. Raggett, he was promoted, 21 March, 1812, to the rank of Lieutenant. His succeeding appointments were – 2 April, 1812, to the Skylark 16, Capt. Jas. Boxer, under whom he was wrecked, 3 May following, near Boulogne – 15 June in the same year, to the Christian VII. 80, Capt. Henry Ledgbird Ball, off Flushing – 8 Oct. 1813, to the Rinaldo 10, Capt. Edmund Lyons, in the Downs – and, 4 March, 1814 (after nearly two months of half-pay), to the Sabine sloop, Capt. Wm. Hall, at Newfoundland. He invalided home in July, 1815; and has since been on half-pay.
TATTNALL. (Commander, 1819. f-p., 11; h-p., 33.)
James Barnwell Tattnall was born 21 Sept. 1790.
This officer entered the Navy, in Sept. 1803, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Leander 50, Capt. Fras. Wm. Fane, bearing the flag of Sir Andrew Mitchell at Halifax, where he continued to serve as Midshipman in the Boston 32, Capt. John Erskine Douglas, until the close of 1804. Joining, then, the Pallas 32, Capt. Lord Cochrane, he assisted in that frigate, while cruizing off the Azores, at the capture of four valuable Spanish vessels, one of the richest of which, laden with treasure, he carried as Prize-Master to Plymouth. On 6 April, 1806, while her boats with all but 40 of the crew were absent on an expedition up the Garonne, the Pallas gave chase to, and drove on shore, two corvettes and a large armed frigate-built store-ship, mounting in the whole 64 guns; and on this occasion Mr. Tattnall was the only quarter-deck petty officer left on board.[1] In the course of the following month he witnessed the destruction of the semaphores along the French coast, and was present when the Pallas, having singly attacked the French 40-gun frigate La Minerve, in company with three 18-gun brigs, ran foul of the former in an attempt to board, and by the tremendous shock was reduced to a complete wreck. In Dec. 1806, shortly after he had been removed with Lord Cochrane to the Impérieuse 38, he was placed in charge of a prize in the
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1806, p. 494.
