by John Marshall, Royal Naval Biography — Buck, Richard (1823)
“ Captain Buck’s next appointment was, about Dec. 1809, to the Crocus brig; in which vessel he continued until his promotion to post rank, April 3, 1811: he subsequently commanded the Termagant ship-sloop, and Franchise frigate, on the Mediterranean station. In Feb. 1812, he drove on shore and burnt, near Cagliari, l’Aventurier French privateer, pierced for 16 guns, but only three mounted, with a complement of 60 men ”
