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Rh  74, Capt. Hon. John Colville, part of the force engaged in the expedition against Copenhagen, whence he brought home a Danish 74 and part of the 28th Regiment – in June, 1809, to the command, which he retained for seven months, of a subdivision of gun-boats, employed during the operations in the Scheldt – and 23 Nov. 1810 and 24 Aug. 1812, again as Senior, to the and  74’s, Capts. Matthew Henry Scott and Wm. Lukin, both on the Home station. During the grand naval review held before the Allied Sovereigns at Spithead, Lieut. Shed acted as Captain of the. Since the receipt of his last commission, bearing date 15 June, 1814, he has been on half-pay.

 SHEILS. 

died in 1845 at Fratton, Portsea.

This officer entered the Navy, 1 Sept. 1809, as a Volunteer, on board the sloop, Capts. Lewis Shepheard and Rich. Plummer Davies, employed at first on the coast of Portugal and next on the Jamaica station; where, in May, 1811, he removed as Midshipman (a rating he had attained in Sept. 1809) to the 64, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Bartholomew Sam. Rowley. In the following Nov. he went back as Acting-Lieutenant to the, still commanded by Capt. Davies, with whom he continued, in the West Indies, until May, 1812. In Oct. of that year he became Master’s Mate of the 98, Capts. Sir Edw. Berry and John Maitland, under the latter of whom he took part in Sir Edw. Pellew’s partial actions with the Toulon fleet 5 Nov. 1813 and 13 Feb. 1814. After again acting as Lieutenant in the sloop, Capt. David Mapleton, he took up, in Aug. 1814, a commission bearing date 1 July in that year. His last appointments, we believe, were – in Dec. 1825, to the 74, Coast Blockade ship, Capt. Hugh Pigot – and 26 Feb. 1842, to the command, which he retained until Jan. 1844, of the  cutter, on the Home station.

 SHEPHARD. 

was born 8 Sept. 1783.

This officer entered the Navy, 13 Oct. 1805, as Clerk, on board the 16, Capt. Thos. Holmes Tidy; and in the course of the same year was present in the rocket attack made by Sir Wm. Sidney Smith on the Boulogne flotilla. He proceeded afterwards to the Baltic, where, and in the Downs and North Sea, he served from June, 1807, until May, 1810, as A.B., Quartermaster’s Mate, Midshipman, and Master’s Mate, in the 18, Capt. Henry Hume Spence. In Aug. and Sept. 1807 he was employed in the operations against Copenhagen; and on 13 Jan. 1808 he contributed to the capture, under the batteries of Cape Gris-Nez, of the French privateer lugger Entreprenant, of 16 guns and 53 men. The crew of that vessel being afflicted with ophthalmia, the disease was communicated to Mr. Shephard, who in consequence totally lost the sight of his right eye. In 1809 he was present in the expedition to the Walcheren. After serving for two years with Capt. Wm. Kent as Master’s Mate in the 64, on the Lisbon station, he followed that officer, in June, 1812, in a similar capacity, into the  98, commanded afterwards by Capt. Robt. Rolles. He was afforded an opportunity thus of assisting at the destruction, in June, 1813, of the fort of St. Philippe, in the Col de Balaguer, armed with 12 pieces of ordnance including 2 10-inoh mortars and 2 howitzers, with a garrison of 101 officers and men; of participating in Sir Edw. Pellew’s partial engagements with the Toulon fleet 5 Nov. 1813 and 13 Feb. 1814; and of witnessing the fall of Genoa. In Oct. 1814, three months after he had left the, he joined, again as Master’s Mate, the 18, Capt. Thos. Lamb Polden Langhame, employed in the Bay of Biscay. Since the receipt of his commission, which bears date 8 Feb. 1815, he has been on half-pay.

Lieut. Shephard married in Dec. 1817, and has issue three sons, the second of whom, Chas. Douglas Shephard, Assistant Surgeon, R.N. (1845), is at present serving on the south-east coast of America in the 50, Commodore Sir Thos. Herbert.

 SHEPHEARD. 

entered the Navy, 16 Jan. 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 98, Capt. Elias Harvey. Continuing in that ship until Jan. 1806, he served in her in the Channel and partook of the glories of Trafalgar; on which occasion he “behaved with great courage and was admired by all.” In March, 1806, he rejoined Capt. Harvey, who had been promoted to flag-rank, on board the 80, stationed in the Channel, where, in the following June, he attained the rating of Midshipman. Being discharged 31 July, 1807, he was next, 17 March, 1808, received on board the of 48 guns, Capt. Hon. Fred. Paul Irby, under whom he made a voyage to Quebec, and contributed to the destruction of three French frigates under the batteries of Sable d’Olonne 24 Feb. 1809. After again serving for six months in the, he went -back, in Sept. 1809, to the ; in which ship we find him, 25 March, 1811, present at the self-destruction of L’Amazone, a French frigate of the largest class, which had been driven into, a bay near Cape Barfleur. He subsequently proceeded to the coast of Africa, where he witnessed the demolition of Fort Winnebah, and took part, 7 Feb. 1813, in a desperate action of more than three hours and a half, fought off the Iles de Los with L’Aréthuse, French frigate of 44 guns (24-pounders on her main-deck) and 340 men, which terminated in the separation of the combatants, after a loss to the enemy of 105 killed and wounded, and to the British, out of an original number of 300, of 141 men killed and wounded. On that occasion he was particularly active. He was next, from 23 May until 5 Oct. 1813, employed in the 74, Capt. Graham Eden Hamond; and on 24 Feb. 1815 he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. His succeeding appointments were – 21 Nov. 1816, to the 38, Capt. Fras. Stanfell, which ship being at the time on her passage home from St. Helena he never joined – 5 Jan. 1818 to the 46, Capt. Wm. Furlong Wise, under whom he served in the West Indies, with a degree of “zeal equalled only by his abilities as an officer and a seaman,” until 31 Jan. 1821 – and 29 April, 1828, as First, to the 28, fitting for the Mediterranean, where he remained three years, and by “the admirable manner in which he discharged every part of his duty,” procured the strongest possible testimonials from his Captain, Wm. Fanshawe Martin. Two days after the paying off of the Mr. Shepheard, who since his arrival home had declined the invitations of several Captains to become their First-Lieutenant, was advanced, 3 June, 1831, to the rank of Commander. On 30 Sept. following he was appointed Second-Captain of the 74, equipping for the flag of Sir John Gore, Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies, who, unsolicited, had been induced to select him for that post, solely from the reputation he had acquired on board the. Invaliding home in June, 1833, he obtained, 20 March, 1835, a three years’ appointment in the Coast Guard; and from 18 April, 1838, until paid off, about April, 1840, was employed, again as Second-Captain, in the 92, Capt. Hyde Parker, on the Mediterranean station. He was promoted, 26 Oct. following, to the rank he now holds, and has since been on half-pay.

Capt. Shepheard, we believe, married, 15 Feb. 1817, the youngest daughter of Colonel T. Paterson, of Upper Seymour Street, London. – J. Hinxman.

 SHEPHERD. 

entered the Navy, 1 Oct. 1804, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 100, Capt., afterwards Rear-Admiral, the Earl of Northesk,