by John Marshall, Royal Naval Biography — Falkiner… (1823)
“ This officer entered the royal navy in Jan. 1804, and served his time as midshipman, under Captains Henry Heathcote and Pulteney Malcolm, in the Galatea frigate and Donegal 74. Whilst belonging to the latter ship, he was often employed in her boats, when sent to annoy the enemy’s trade on the coast of France ”
