by John Marshall, Royal Naval Biography — West, Christopher (1823)
“ Layout 2 CHRISTOPHER WEST, Esq. [Commander.] Entered the royal navy, in Mar. 1800, under the auspices of the late Commissioner George Henry Towry [1] ; and first went to sea in the Thetis frigate. ”
by John Marshall, Royal Naval Biography — West, Christopher (1823)
“ West was sent, on promotion, to the flag-ship of Admiral Gambier, who soon appointed him sub-lieutenant of the Desperate gun-brig. His first commission bears date Feb. 9th, 1808; from which period he served, for several months, as senior lieutenant of the Fury bomb, Commander John Sanderson Gibson ”
