Romney 50, Capts. Wm. Brown and Hon. John Colville, under the latter of whom, on his return from a voyage to the coast of Africa, he was wrecked, m a fog, on the Haaks, near the Texel, 19 Nov. 1804. He was then received on board the Vestal 28, Capt. Stephen Thos. Digby, and after participating, during the summer of 1805, in many warm engagements with the enemy’s flotilla and batteries near Calais, he accompanied that officer into the Argo 44, and again sailed for the African station. In the course of 1808 we find him successively transferred to the Belleisle 74, and Neptune 98, bearing each the flag of Hon. Sir Alex. Cochrane, by whom, subsequently to the fall of Martinique, he was nominated, 29 June, 1809, Acting-Lieutenant of the Alcmène frigate, Capt. Wm. Maude. He was confirmed, 8 Dec. following, into the Guadeloupe 16, Capt. Michael Head, also attached to the force at the West Indies; on his return whence, he joined, 6 Sept. and 20 Nov. 1810, the Hibernia 120, and Centaur 74, both commanded by Capt. John Chambers White. In the latter ship Mr. Haydon, after serving for some time with the inshore squadron off Toulon, co-operated in the defence of Tarragona, and, in April, 1814, witnessed the destruction, up the Gironde, of a French line-of-battle ship, three brigs of war, several smaller vessels, and of all the ports and batteries on the north side of the river. He was superseded from the Centaur at his own request 24 Dec. 1814, and has since been on halt-pay.
HAYE. (Captain, 1829. f-p., 20; h-p., 26.)
George Haye was born 15 April, 1788, at Callington, co. Cornwall.
This officer entered the Navy, 1 Aug. 1801, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Hercule 74, Capt. Wm. Luke, stationed in the Channel. From May, 1802, until April, 1807, he was next employed, as Midshipman and Master’s Mate, chiefly in the East Indies, in the St. Fiorenzo 36, Capts. Joseph Bingham, John Batt, Henry Lambert, and Geo. Nicholas Hardinge. He then rejoined Capt. Bingham for a short time on board the Sceptre 74, and was afterwards, between July, 1807, and his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 9 Aug. 1808, transferred in succession to the Grampus 50, Capt. Jas. Haldane Tait, St. Albans 64, Capt. Fras. Wm. Austen, and Iphigenia 36, Capt. Henry Lambert. In the latter frigate he made a voyage to Quebec; on his return whence he was appointed, 11 Feb. and 26 June, 1809, to the Vulture 16, Capt. Martin White, and Active 46, Capt. Jas. Alex. Gordon. Accompanying the last-mentioned officer to the Adriatic, Mr. Haye there, on 3 Feb. 1811, commanded the barges of his own frigate and of the Cerberus, at the capture of four Venetian trabaccolos, under a heavy fire of musketry from a body of troops quartered at Pestichi; nine days after which event we find him conspicuously assisting in the boats of the same ships, under Lieut. Jas. Dickinson, at the cutting-out, near the town of Ortano (where two important magazines were at the same time destroyed), and in the face of a teasing fire, which was kept up for five hours, of a convoy of 10 sail, protected by a trabaccolo of 6 guns.[1] On 13 of the following March Mr. Haye had the fortune to participate in the memorable action off Lissa, where a British squadron, carrying in the whole 156 guns and 879 men, completely routed, after a conflict of six hours, and a loss to the Active of 4 men killed and 24 wounded, a Franco-Venetian armament, whose force amounted to 284 guns and 2655 men. At the close of the action he was placed on board the Corona, one of the prize-frigates, and for his exertions in extinguishing a fire which soon afterwards threatened the destruction of that ship, he appears to have elicited the warmest thanks of Capt. Wm. Hoste, the senior officer of the British squadron, and to have been strongly recommended by him to the Commander-in-Chief.[2] On 27 July, 1811, Mr. Haye, who had been severely burnt on the latter occasion, and had not yet recovered, very handsomely volunteered to assist, which he accordingly did, at the capture of a convoy of 28 merchantmen, defended, in a creek of the island of Ragosniza, by 300 troops and three gun-vessels.[3] He subsequently, on 29 Nov. in the same year (Capt. Gordon and the First-Lieutenant, Mr. Wm. Bateman Dashwood, having been put hors-de-cambat), succeeded to the command of the Active, and was himself slightly hurt in the course of a hard-fought action of an hour and 40 minutes, which in rendering that frigate captor of La Pomone, of 44 guns and 332 men, 50 of whom were killed and wounded, occasioned her a loss of 8 killed and 27 wounded,[4] As a reward for his highly-lauded gallantry in these and other Instances, Mr. Haye was ultimately, on 19 May, 1812, promoted to the rank of Commander.. His last appointments were, 17 Feb. 1814, to the Pelter 12, employed, until Sept. 1815, on the North American station – 1 Jan. 1821, to the Coast Guard service in Ireland, where his conduct in soon after effecting the destruction of the Dandy, a large smuggling cutter, procured him the particular notice of the Lords of the Treasury – 8 Dec. 1827 (having left the Coast Guard in the previous Jan.), to the Erebus bomb, attached to the force in the Mediterranean – and, 8 July, 1828, to the Raleigh, 18, on the same station. He returned to England on being advanced to his present rank 4 March, 1829.
Capt. Haye married, 15 May, 1834, Nanny, youngest daughter of Wm. Davey, Esq., of Redruth, co. Cornwall, by whom, who died 6 June, 1843, he has issue two sons and one daughter. Agents – Coplands and Burnett.
HAYES. (Captain, 1846.)
Courtenay Osborn Hayes is eldest son of that distinguished seaman and able naval architect the late Rear-Admiral John Hayes, C.B.,[5] who died 7 April, 1838; brother of Commander John Montagu Hayes, R.N.; and nephew of Capt. Geo. Hayes, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 30 Nov. 1826; passed his examination in 1833; and obtained his first commission 17 Feb. 1835. His appointments as Lieutenant were – 13 April and 28 Nov., in the latter year to the Pelorus 16, Capt. Rich. Meredith, and Hastings 74, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Hall Gage, on the African and Lisbon stations – and, 2 Sept. 1836, to the Inconstant 36, Capts. John Hayes (his father), and Dan. Pring, employed on Particular Service. Attaining the rank of Commander 20 Sept. 1839, he afterwards, from 8 June, 1842, until the receipt of a Post commission bearing date 9 Nov. 1846, served in the East Indies on board the Wolf 18 and Driver steam-sloop.
Capt. Hayes married, 14 May, 1840, Caroline Anne, only daughter of the late Alfred Slocock, Esq., of Donnington Cottage, Berks, by whom he has issue. Agents – Messrs. Ommanney.
HAYES. (Captain, 1829. f-p., 33; h-p., 30.)
George Hayes, born 13 May, 1769, is grand-nephew of the late Adam Hayes, Esq., Master Shipwright of Deptford Dockyard; brother of the late Rear-Admiral John Hayes, C.B.; and uncle of Capt. C. O. and Commander J. M. Hayes, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 17 April, 1784, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Thisbe 28, Capt. Geo. Robinson, on the Newfoundland station, whence he returned in March, 1786. He was next, between 1787 and the early part of 1793, employed in the Channel with Capts. Rowley Bulteel and John Salisbury, as Midshipman, Master’s Mate, and Acting-Lieutenant, in the Termagant 18, Narcissus 20, and Andromeda 32; in the boats belonging to which frigates he appears to have arduously cruized, and not unsuccessfully, for the protection of the Revenue. On leaving the Andromeda he was for
