by John Marshall, Royal Naval Biography — Liddon… (1823)
“ Served as midshipman on board the Thames frigate, commanded by the present Lord Radstock, on the Mediterranean station, and was employed in her boats at the capture and destruction of seven heavy gun-vessels, five armed scampavias, &c., and thirty-one sail of transports, laden with stores and provisions for Murat’s army at Scylla, July 25th, 1810 [1] . He was made a lieutenant on the 3d May 1811; and appointed to the Maidstone frigate, Captain George Burdett, Nov. ”
