by John Marshall

“ It is supposed that she struck upon a ridge of rocks off the Caskets; as from the testimony of the men who attended the lights, and the inhabitants of the island of Alderney, many guns were heard on the nights of the 4th and 5th, but the weather was too tempestuous to hazard boats out to their assistance. In this ship perished near one thousand men, besides fifty volunteers, sons of the first nobility and gentry in the kingdom. ”

“ Seymour, at the destruction of five French men-of-war, in Aix Roads, April 12th, 1809 [3] . In the ensuing summer, he accompanied the grand expedition sent against Antwerp, and was constantly employed, in guard boats and on shore, during the occupation of Walcheren. His next appointment was, Dec. 13th, 1809, to be first lieutenant of the Iris 30, in which ship he continued for a period of five years.
The Iris was principally employed in co-operation with the patriots on the north coast of Spain, where Lieutenant Collingwood appears to have been a constant volunteer for boat and shore service ”