by John Marshall

“ The Thames formed part of the fleet at Spithead during the mutiny in 1797 [2] ; but owing to Captain Lukin’s judicious management of her crew, was the first ship that proceeded to sea after its suppression; a circumstance which will not appear the less creditable to our officer, when we state that she was known to be under orders for the West Indies, a station at that period particularly unhealthy, and universally dreaded. Subsequent to her return from thence, she cruized with considerable success in the British Channel, and among other vessels captured l’Aurore French corvette, of 16 guns ”

“ On this voyage of discovery, some men of science were despatched, carrying with them an excellent apparatus for mathematical and astronomical operations, to which Mr. Windham was through life warmly attached. ”

“ Lukin, Dean of Wells, and nephew and heir of that celebrated statesman the late Right Hon. William Windham [1] , was a Lieutenant in 1793; commanded the Hornet sloop of war in 1795; and obtained the rank of Post-Captain on the 28th Nov. in the same year. We subsequently find him serving in l’Espion frigate, and Standard, 64. From the latter ship, after cruizing for about six months off the Texel, under the orders of Admiral Duncan, he removed, towards the close of 1796, into the Thames, of 32 guns, the command of which vessel he retained until the peace of Amiens. ”