Re: George Almy, Royal Navy, of Newport (b. ca. 1775)
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Re: George Almy, Royal Navy, of Newport (b. ca. 1775)
John Hattendorf 9/01/09
Dear John,
Despite his wounds George Almy was warranted Gunner (forerunner of the gunnery officer in the modern navy) in March 1808.However, his postings were not to ships actively involved in sea duties.From 24 December 1808 to he was on the strength of HMS Colombe, a sloop. He left that ship to join HMS Fairy, another sloop on 30 December 1811.The last ship I have a note of him joining was HMS heureux, another sloop captured from the French.The date of his warrant for that ship was 9 September 1812.
I have found out precious little about those ships other than the fact that they were all sloops and all based at Plymouth.I suspect though that they were hulks or restricted to harbour duty.
In support of this thought, George Almy was badly injured in the January 1807 action and his entry in a survey of all royal navy officers carried out towards the end of the Napoleonic Wars is as follows:
Entry for Gunners at Plymouth Royal Naval Hospital;
10 April 1815 - George Almy listed as "being on board Heureux, age 41, time warranted (as Gunner) March 1808, time in RN 14 years, Fit for sea duty? - Unfit, Fit for ordinary duties? - Unfit, Unfit for duty for cause thereof:- Loss of use of right arm and right eye from gun shot wound and rupture."
I will let you have some details of his private life at the weekend.
Regards
Mike