by John Marshall, Royal Naval Biography — Kingcome… (1823)
“ From Van Diemen’s Land, she proceeded to New Zealand and Norfolk Island, where acting Commander Kingcome and his first lieutenant W. Burdett Dobson, were swamped in her cutter when attempting to land. Mar. 2d, 1826. She returned to Madras via Torres Straits, touching at Melville Island, Batavia, and Sincapore. On the 14th July following, this officer was appointed lieutenant of the Pandora sloop. Captain William Clarke Jervoise, a commission having arrived from England promoting Lieutenant Dobson to the command of the Larne. ”
