ROBERT CLEPHANE, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1811.]
Brother to the late Major-General David Clephane, M.P. for the shire of Kinross, N.B.
This officer received his first commission early in 1793; and was wounded when serving as senior Lieutenant of the Courageux 74, at the capture of four French line-of-battle ships, by the squadron under Sir Richard J. Strachan, Nov. 4, 1805[1]: his promotion to the rank of Commander took place Dec. 24 in the same year.
Captain Clephane’s subsequent appointments were, about Mar. 1807, to the Charles hired armed vessel; Oct. following, to the Nautilus a new brig of the largest class; and, April, 1808, to the Acorn, an 18-gun ship-sloop, in which he remained until posted, Feb. 14, 1811. The Charles was principally employed in the Baltic, and the Acorn, on the Mediterranean station[2].
The subject of this brief sketch died at Inveresk, N.B. in 1827.
JOSEPH PACKWOOD, Esq.
[Post-Captain of 1811.]
This officer is a native of Bermuda. He first entered the navy as a midshipman on board the Virginia frigate, under the auspices of her captain, the late Sir John Orde; and shortly afterwards witnessed the capture and destruction of an American fleet in the Penobscot river[3]. During the siege of Charlestown, in South Carolina, he had the misfortune to lose an arm, by a shot from Sullivan’s Island[4].
After recovering from the effects of this disaster, Mr. Packwood successively joined the Chatham of 50 guns, and Roebuck 44, both commanded by Captain Orde, under whom he continued to serve, on the American, North Sea, and Channel
- ↑ See Vol. I. pp. 289 and 570 .
- ↑ See Captains Edward Chetham and John Duff Markland.
- ↑ See Vol. I. Part I. p. 70.
- ↑ See Vol. II. Part I. note † at page 58 et seq.
