by John Marshall, Royal Naval Biography — Garrett… (1823)
“ Garrett was made a Lieutenant, and appointed to the Princess Royal of 98 guns, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Goodall; during the occupation of Toulon by the allied forces, he served on shore with a party of seamen belonging to that ship [1] . Lieutenant Garrett obtained the command of the Trial cutter, armed with eight long 3-pounders, and four 12-pr. carronades, in Dec. 1796; captured le Courier de la Mer, a French brig privateer of 12 guns, near Portland, July 25, 1797; and assisted at the destruction of la Confiante frigate, and a republican cutter, off Havre, May 1, 1798 [2] . ”
