by John Marshall

“ This officer has published two “Narratives,” one “of a Voyage to Newfoundland and the Coast of Labrador,” the other “of a Voyage to Hudson’s Bay, in H.M.S. Rosamond, containing some account of the north-eastern coast of America, and of the tribes inhabiting that remote region.” ”

“ Chappell assisted in completing the destruction of two French line-of-battle ships, and bringing off their crews through a tremendous sea [1] .
In May following, we find the Kingfisher employed off Rochefort, where she rendered essential assistance to the Pallas frigate Captain Lord Cochrane, after her gallant action with a French squadron under the batteries of l’Isle d’Aix [2] . On the 27th Sept. 1806, she was with the squadron under Sir Thomas Louis, at the capture of le Presidente frigate [3] . ”