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tion, he afterwards served, as Midshipman, in the Dover troop-ship, Capt. Robt. Henley Rogers, Ville de Paris 110, bearing the flag of Lord Keith, Eurotas 38, Capt. Jas. Lillicrap, Dover again, Capt. R. H. Rogers, Malta 84, Capt. Thos. Gordon Caulfeild, Dromedary store-ship, Master-Commander Rich. Skinner, and Bathurst surveying-vessel, Capt. Philip Parker King; and during the period he was so attached he attended the expedition to New Orleans, visited New Zealand, and circumnavigated New Holland. The ships in which he further served, prior to his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 24 May, 1836, appear to have been the Windsor Castle 74, Capt. Chas. Dashwood, Hind 20, Capt. John Furneaux, Java 52, and Winchester 50, bearing the respective flags of Rear-Admirals Wm. Hall Gage and Sir Edw. Griffith Colpoys, Mersey 26, Capt. Geo. Wm. Conway Courtenay, Shannon 46, Capt. Benj. Clement, Racehorse 18, Capt. Chas. Hamlyn Williams, Sapphire 28, Capt. Hon. Wm. Wellesley, Blossom surveying-sloop, Capt. Rich. Owen, San Josef 110, Capt. Rich. Curry, Caledonia 120, Capt. Thos. Brown, and Castor 36, Capt. Lord John Hay. He was in the Windsor Castle off Lisbon when Don John, being obliged during the rebellion of 1824 to take refuge on board that ship, bestowed gold medals on all the officers; served in the other vessels on the East and West India, Home, and Mediterranean stations; and obtained his commission for his exertions under Lord John Hay on the north coast of Spain, where he was employed, either in a tender, or on shore at Bilboa, San Sebastian, and Pasages. Mr. Baskerville’s appointments since his promotion have been – 11 June, 1836, to the Melville 74, flag-ship of Sir Peter Halkett in North America and the West Indies – next, to the Rainbow 28, and Nimrod 20, Capts. Thos. Bennett and John Eraser, on the same station – 1 Oct. 1840, to the Howe 120, flag-ship in the Mediterranean of Sir Francis Mason – early in 1843, to the Impregnable 104, Capt. Thos. Forrest, with whom he returned to England – and, 4 Nov. 1844, to the Coast Guard, in which service he is at present employed. Agent – Joseph Woodhead.
BASTARD. (Lieut., 1807. f-p., 20; h-p., 29.)
Richard Bastard entered the Navy, in July, 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Spider 14, Lieut-Commander Rich. Harrison, stationed in the Channel; removed in 1800, as Signal-Midshipman, to the Prince of Wales 98, bearing the flag on the same and West India stations of Sir Robt. Calder; and on joining the Melpomene frigate, Capt. Robt. Dudley Oliver, was employed, during the years 1804 and 1805, in blockading the French coast, and twice assisted in bombarding Havre de Grace. Accompanying the latter officer, towards the close of 1805, into the Mars 74, he contributed to the capture, 28 July, 1806, of Le Rhin, of 44 guns and 318 men, and, under his successor, Capt. Wm. Lukin, was also present at the taking, on 25 Sept. in the same year, of La Gloire 46, and L’Infatigable 44, two out of four French frigates that had been pursued and brought to action by a squadron under Sir Sam. Hood. After attending the expedition to Copenhagen, and while yet at that place, Mr. Bastard was confirmed to a Lieutenancy, 19 Oct. 1807, in the Bonetta 14, Capt. Jas. Robt. Phillips. His subsequent appointments were – 4 Nov. 1807, to the Minotaur 74, flag-ship on the Home and Lisbon stations of Admirals Wm. Essington, Sir Chas. Cotton, and Sir Wm. Sidney Smith – 7 March, 1809, to the Perlen 38, Capt. Norborne Thompson, in which ship he co-operated in the reduction of Flushing, and afterwards proceeded to the West Indies, whence he invalided in May, 1811 – 16 Oct. 1812, as First-Lieutenant, to the Queen 74, Capt. Lord John Colville, employed in Basque Roads – 1 Feb. 1813, to the Freija troop-ship, Capts. Wm. Isaac Scott and Herbert Wm. Hore, with the former of whom he served at the siege of San Sebastian – 31 March, 1814, to the Clorinde 40, Capt. Sam. Geo. Pechell, stationed in the Mediterranean, where previously to his return to England he appears to have been with Lord Exmouth at Algiers, when that nobleman, in March, 1816, concluded a treaty with the Dey relative to the abolition of Christian slavery – and, 19 Nov. 1831, and 20 April and 6 Sept. 1832, to the alternate command of the Flamer, Hermes, and Flamer steamers, employed as packets on the Falmouth station. Since 1834 he has been on halfpay.
Lieut. Bastard married, 23 Aug. 1837, a daughter of the late John Bowyer, Esq., of Landport.
BASTIN. (Retired Commander, 1836. f-p., 18; h-p., 33.)
Robert Bastin, born 5 Aug. 1780, is fourth son of the late John Bastin, Esq., of Tidwell, in the parish of East Budleigh, co. Devon.
This officer entered the Navy, 14 May, 1796, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board La Nymphe 36, Capts. John Cooke, Percy Eraser, and Stair Douglas; and while in that ship on the Channel station assisted, as Midshipman, at the capture, when in company with the San Fiorenzo 36, of the French frigates La Resistance, of 48, and La Constance, of 24 guns, 9 March, 1797. After a variety of other active services, and a brief attachment to the Cambridge 80, Capt. Chas. Henry Lane, guard-ship at Plymouth, he became Master’s Mate, in May, 1802, of the Donegal 74, Capt. Sir Rich. John Strachan, and on 20 June, 1803, was appointed Acting-Lieutenant of the Belleisle 74, Capts. John Whitby and Wm. Hargood. Being confirmed to the latter ship by commission, dated 3 Sept. in the same year, he subsequently accompanied Lord Nelson to the West Indies and back in pursuit of the combined squadrons of France and Spain, and on 21 Oct. 1805, fought at Trafalgar. On 19 July, 1806, we find Mr. Bastin, who had been appointed second of the Blanche, of 46 guns and 265 men, Capt. Thos. Lavie, receiving a musket-ball through the thigh during a warm action which led to the capture, after a loss to the British of not more than 4 men wounded, of La Guerrière, French ship, of 50 guns and 317 men, 50 of whom were killed and wounded.[1] In consideration of the official mention made of him on this and other occasions, and of his wound, the subject of this memoir, on his return to Sheerness, was presented by the Patriotic Society with the sum of 200l. The Blanche, to the First-Lieutenancy of which he had succeeded on the promotion of the present Capt. H. T. Davies, being eventually wrecked off Ushant in March, 1807, he was taken prisoner, and detained in France until the peace of 1814. Unable to procure further employment, he at length, on 11 May, 1836, accepted the rank he now holds.
Commander Bastin married, 7 Oct. 1818, Miss Sarah Boucaut, of Guernsey, and has issue one daughter.
BATE. (Commander, 1836. f-p., 26; h-p., 15.)
John Mort Bate died .in 1845.
This officer entered the Navy, 19 April, 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Foudroyant 80, Capt. Peter Puget, successive flag-ship of Sir Thos. Graves and Sir John Borlase Warren; under the latter of whom, after participating as Midshipman in various skirmishes with the Brest fleet, he witnessed the capture, 13 March, 1806, of the Marengo, of 80 guns, bearing the flag of Admiral Linois, and 40-gun frigate Belle Poule. While subsequently on the books of the Goliath 74, commanded also by Capt. Puget, he temporarily served with that officer on board the Hebe armed ship, during the operas tions of 1807 against Copenhagen, where, in conjunction with the inshore squadron, he appears to have been in almost daily collision with the enemy’s batteries, block-ships, praams, and gun-boats. He afterwards, on the landing of the army at Wibeck,
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1806, p. 931.
