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 destruction of l’Apropos French national schooner, in Vivero harbour. Mar. 14, 1808.

The subject of this sketch was made commander Mar. 24, 1808, and appointed to the Persian brig, of 18 guns, Oct. 21, 1810. On the 6th April, 1811, Captain Bertram captured l’Ambuscade French lugger privateer, of 14 guns and 36 men; and on the 27th Mar. 1812, le Petit Jean, of 16 guns, only eight mounted, and 48 men. The Persian subsequently proceeded to the Jamaica station, and was wrecked on the Silver Keys, Bahamas, June 16, 1813.

Captain Bertram’s post commission bears date June 7, 1814.



 made lieutenant in 1798; commander April 20, 1808; and post-captain, June 7, 1814. He married. Mar. 