by John Marshall, Royal Naval Biography — Yorke, Charles Philip (1823)
“ Lieutenant Yorke was appointed to the Phaeton 46, Captain William Augustus Montagu; in which ship he served, on the Halifax station, until made a commander, May 18th, 1822. In Aug. 1823, he commissioned the Alacrity brig of 10 guns, fitting out for the Mediterranean station, where he was actively employed in the suppression of piracy, and watching the motions of the Turco-Egyptian forces. ”
