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BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF CAPTAIN WILLIAM LAYMAN, OF THE ROYAL NAVY

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2011

Edited by
James Stanier Clarke  and
John McArthur
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His genius, ever for the event prepared,

Rose with the storm, and all its dangers shared;

And though full oft, to future perils blind,

With skill superior glow'd his daring mind,

Through snares of death, the reeling bark to guide,

When midnight shades involve the raging tide.

Falconer.

(Continued from Vol. xxxvii. page 458.)

WE shall now resume the naval biography of Captain Layman. On the recommencement of hostilities, Lord Nelson nominated Mr. Layman to be lieutenant of the Victory, in which ship he sailed with his Lordship for the Mediterranean in May, 1804. In the way out, the Victory retook the Ambuscade frigate, of which Mr. Layman was sent in charge; and on the passage to Gibraltar, captured a French ship and Dutch vessel. Soon after, rejoining Lord Nelson off Toulon, he was appointed, in October, by his Lordship, to the command of the Weazle; in which vessel Captain Layman was immediately despatched to watch the enemy's cruisers, and protect the trade of the Straits, as well as keep open the conveyance of provisions from the coast of Barbary for the supply of the garrison of Gibraltar. In February, 1805, Lord Nelson wrote to Captain Layman, signifying his high approbation of the manner in which the service of the Gut had been executed, and hoping soon to be able to give him a better ship; but this commendation Captain Layman did not receive till after the Weazle had been unfortunately wrecked.

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The Naval Chronicle
Containing a General and Biographical History of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom with a Variety of Original Papers on Nautical Subjects
 , pp. 1 - 88
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2010
First published in: 1817

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