by John Marshall, Royal Naval Biography — Coffin… (1823)
“ We first find this officer a midshipman on board the Blenheim 74, bearing the flag of the gallant, but ill-fated Sir Thomas Troubridge, whose son, the present baronet, makes especial mention of his good conduct, while serving in the Harrier brig, at the capture of the Dutch frigate Pallas and two large armed ships, near Java, July 25, 1806 [1] . ”
