by John Marshall

Summary

by John Marshall Royal Naval Biography — Galwey… (1823)

Captain Galwey commanded the Dryad frigate during the expedition against Walcheren in 1809; and subsequently on the north coast of Spain, under the orders of the late Sir Robert Mends [1] . On the 23d Dec. 1812, he drove a French national brig of 22 guns, on the rocks near Isle Dieu, where she was completely wrecked: the Dryad on this occasion was hulled several times by shot from the shore, and had her foremast badly wounded, but not a man hurt.
Returning from Newfoundland, Mar. 26, 1814, Captain Galwey fell in with the Clorinde.
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