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 warmest praise, does not appearto have been immediately revrarded. His commission as a Commander bears date Mar. 3, 1804; and his promotion to post rank took place Jan. 22, 1806.

Captain Shippard subsequently commanded the Banterer of 22 guns; the Namur, a third rate, bearing the flag of the late Vice-Admiral Thomas Wells, commander in-chief at Sheerness; and the Asia 74. The loss of the former ship near Point Mille Vache, in the river St. Lawrence, Oct. 29, 1808, and the sufferings of her officers and crew, are fully described in the Naval Chronicle, Vol. XXII, pp. 49–53. The following sentence was pronounced by the court-martial assembled to try Captain Shippard for his conduct on that occasion:

Captain Shippard married a daughter of Admiral Sir John