John Marshall

Name: Royal Naval Biography — Tucker, Thomas Tudor
Author: John Marshall

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“Royal Naval Biography — Tucker, Thomas Tudor”, published in 1823, is a work by John Marshall. It explores elements such as Tucker, Cherub and frigates.

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John Marshall, Royal Naval Biography — Tucker… (1823)

“ Captain Beaver was an eye-witness to the movements of the Cherub and Julia ; and he afterwards told Captain Tucker that the promptitude with which he had extricated them from their perilous situation was deserving of the highest praise; that as much credit was due to him as if he had brought out the frigates, and that he would duly report his conduct. All who are acquainted with the anchorage at Basse Terre, must be aware of the difficulty of an enemy getting into that roadstead, as the high land commanding it occasions constant baffling winds and calms. ”

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John Marshall, Royal Naval Biography — Tucker… (1823)

“ When that time arrived, not a man appeared in the galley to claim the meat for his mess, nor was a single piece of it taken away even after it had been surveyed and reported “wholesome food, fit for men to eat.” The first Lieutenant was then desired by Captain Tucker to allow it to remain in the cook’s charge until the usual hour for mustering at quarters, and then to throw whatever remained unclaimed overboard. On the 2d, 3d, and 4th days, the meat was cooked as before, but still no demand was made for it by any of the messes, the ship’s company preferring to dine on biscuit and grog alone. ”

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John Marshall, Royal Naval Biography — Tucker… (1823)

“ At the end of Sept. 1812, the Cherub returned to England with ninety-six sail of merchantmen under her protection. Captain Tucker was immediately ordered to refit her for foreign service; and in a little more than two months he sailed for the South American station. During the time that his ship was in dock, at Portsmouth, her crew were allowed a month’s leave of absence to see their friends; and although they were aware that she was again going abroad, not a man was absent from his duty at the time of her departure. ”

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John Marshall, Royal Naval Biography — Tucker… (1823)

“ Captain Tucker told him that he was not going to flog him for declining to eat the meat, but for presuming to assume an authority which was alone vested in his captain; and which power, added he, “I will not resign to any one, as long as I have a head on my shoulders.” He then ordered the boatswain of the Cherub to give the first dozen lashes ”

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John Marshall, Royal Naval Biography — Tucker… (1823)

“ I believe that I have been brought up from my birth to eat as delicate food as any of you, yet I have made four dinners on that which you do not think good enough for you, and I most fervently pray to God to grant that I may never fare worse than I have this day done on that very beef. ”

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John Marshall, Royal Naval Biography — Tucker… (1823)

“ The cool and determined manner in which this service was performed, after a pull of many hours, and the strong opposition they met with, induce me thus publicly to express my approbation of every officer, seaman, and marine engaged in it; and I am happy to add that no lives were lost upon the occasion. ”

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John Marshall, Royal Naval Biography — Tucker… (1823)

“ Highly as Sir Alexander Cochrane admired Captain Tucker’s heroic attempt, he gave strict orders that it should not be repeated. Captain Beaver, however, determined, if possible, to destroy the French frigates, and for that purpose he directed the Unique brig to be prepared as a fire-vessel; her unavoidable destruction, before she could reach the enemy, has been related at p. ”

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John Marshall, Royal Naval Biography — Tucker… (1823)

“ It must be allowed by all who have any knowledge in these matters, that prompt, determined, and decisive conduct is absolutely necessary in such cases; but justice demands that we should not attribute the conduct of the Cherub’s crew, on the above occasion, to a mutinous spirit, but merely to the disgust occasioned by the beef’s intolerable smell when moistened by the rain. Their attachment to Captain Tucker may be fairly inferred from what we have stated in the first paragraph at p. ”

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John Marshall, Royal Naval Biography — Tucker… (1823)

“ He afterwards successively joined the Jason frigate, Sampson 64, Victorious 74, and Monarch, of similar force, the latter third rate bearing the flag of Sir George Keith Elphinstone, commander-in-chief at the Cape of Good Hope. During the operations which led to the capture of that colony, he served on shore with the seamen and marines landed to cooperate with the small military force under Major-General Craig [1] .
Early in 1796 Mr. Tucker passed his examination for a lieutenant; Sir George K. Elphinstone having directed that the time he had served in the Hon. ”

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