The Naval Chronicle Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PLATES IN VOLUME XVII. From Original Designs
- PREFACE TO THE SEVENTEENTH VOLUME
- BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF COMMODORE SIR SAMUEL HOOD, K.B., K.S.F., AND M.P. FOR THE CITY OF WESTMINSTER
- BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF SIR ROBERT CALDER, BART. VICE-ADMIRAL OF THE WHITE SQUADRON
- BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF THE LATE SIR FRANCIS GEARY, BART. ADMIRAL OF THE WHITE SQUADRON
- BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF CAPTAIN RICHARD BUDD VINCENT, THE GALLANT COMMANDER OF THE ARROW SLOOP OF WAR, 1805
- BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF THE LATE CAPTAIN JOHN COOKE, WHO FELL IN THE ACTION OFF TRAFALGAR
- BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR THOMAS MACNAMARA RUSSELL, ESQ. VICE-ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE SQUADRON
- INDEX
BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF CAPTAIN RICHARD BUDD VINCENT, THE GALLANT COMMANDER OF THE ARROW SLOOP OF WAR, 1805
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 January 2011
- Frontmatter
- PLATES IN VOLUME XVII. From Original Designs
- PREFACE TO THE SEVENTEENTH VOLUME
- BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF COMMODORE SIR SAMUEL HOOD, K.B., K.S.F., AND M.P. FOR THE CITY OF WESTMINSTER
- BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF SIR ROBERT CALDER, BART. VICE-ADMIRAL OF THE WHITE SQUADRON
- BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF THE LATE SIR FRANCIS GEARY, BART. ADMIRAL OF THE WHITE SQUADRON
- BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF CAPTAIN RICHARD BUDD VINCENT, THE GALLANT COMMANDER OF THE ARROW SLOOP OF WAR, 1805
- BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF THE LATE CAPTAIN JOHN COOKE, WHO FELL IN THE ACTION OFF TRAFALGAR
- BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR THOMAS MACNAMARA RUSSELL, ESQ. VICE-ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE SQUADRON
- INDEX
Summary
“Captains of ships deserve more praise for any particular detached action with the enemy, than those Captains who are serving in a fleet, and only obey the orders and signals of their superior officer.”
(General Smith's Speech in the House of Commons, April 4, 1795.—Nav. Chron. Vol. XVI. p. 43.)THIS gentleman who had the honour of serving under Lord Nelson, is a native of Newbury, in Berkshire, where his father is a Banker. Having when very young shewn a predilection for the British Navy, his father indulged his son's wish, by entering him, in the year 1781, on board the Britannia, of 100 guns, Vice-Admiral Barrington, Captain Benjamin Hill; in which ship he remained nearly two years, and had an early opportunity of seeing service, when the grand fleet under Lord Howe engaged the combined fleet of the enemy, after the memorable siege and relief of Gibraltar.
At the conclusion of the war in 1783, we find him on board the Salisbury, of 50 guns, Vice-Admiral Campbell, Captain James Bradby, on the Newfoundland station; and also during the peace, in the Trimmer sloop, on the coast of Wales; and in the Pegase and Carnatic guard-ships.
Upon the armament taking place against Spain in 1790, Mr. Vincent joined the Prince, of 98 guns, Rear-Admiral Jervis, Captain Josias Rogers; from which ship he was promoted, on November the 3d, in the same year, to the rank of Lieutenant; and was appointed to the Wasp sloop, Captain Thomas Lee, in the Channel.
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- The Naval ChronicleContaining a General and Biographical History of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom with a Variety of Original Papers on Nautical Subjects, pp. 265 - 352Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1807