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 and Onderneming were taken by the boats of the Arrogant, on the north coast of Java, May 17th and 25th, 1800.

Lieutenant Gordon’s next appointment was, in May 1803, to the Polyphemus 64, Captain John Lawford; by whom he was entrusted with the charge of the Santa Gertruyda, a Spanish galleon, taken off Cape St. Mary, Dec. 7, 1804. His arrival at Plymouth is thus noticed in a letter from thence, dated Jan. 10, 1805:–

We have been informed, since the publication of Vice-Admiral Lawford’s memoir, that the Santa Gertruyda lost her rudder and was totally dismasted, after she parted company with the ship appointed to see her into port; also that a new rudder had been constructed, and , before she fell in with the Harriet.

The Polyphemus, at this period, formed part of the squadron employed off Cadiz, under the orders of Sir John Orde, who was directed by the Admiralty to promote her first lieutenant, whenever an opportunity should offer. Instead of doing so, however, the Vice-Admiral shortly afterwards gave the command of the Wasp sloop to one of his own officers, and appointed Lieutenant Gordon to succeed him in the Glory 98, from which ship he was again removed to the Polyphemus, on a change taking place in the naval administration, occasioned by Lord Melville’s retirement.

With the exception of his being obliged to leave the latter Errata: