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 ship he left, on account of ill-health, a short time previous to her falling into the hands of the enemy, July 2, 1803. When promoted to the rank of Commander, May 1, 1804, he was serving as Lord Cochrane’s first lieutenant, in the Arab, of 20 guns.

The first vessel that Captain Trollope commanded was the Cerf sloop, on the Jamaica station, from whence he returned home invalided, in consequence of a very severe attack of yellow fever. In Mar. 1806, he received a commission appointing him to the Electra brig, of 18 guns, then on the Leith station, but afterwards employed in the Mediterranean.

On the 17th Feb. 1808, the little fortress of Scylla, the only remaining post possessed by the British in Lower Calabria, was evacuated by order of Major-General Sherbrooke; and the garrison safely withdrawn from the power of the French General Regnier, by the able management of Captain (now Sir Robert Waller) Otway, assisted by Captain Trollope, who commanded the boats employed in that service. On the 25th of the following month, the Electra was unfortunately wrecked at the entrance of Port Augusta, between Syracuse and Messina.

Captain Trollope was afterwards successively appointed to the Zebra bomb; Alert sloop, stationed at Newfoundland; and Griffon brig, chiefly employed off Boulogne. His removal to the latter vessel took place in Feb. 1812; and on the 27th MayMar [sic] following, he highly distinguished himself in an action with the enemy’s flotilla, the particulars of which are officially detailed.

An event of the most lamentable nature occurred on board the Griffon, in the Downs, during the temporary absence of Captain Trollope, Oct. 20, 1812.

The Serjeant of marines had behaved in the most violent and disorderly manner, by threatening to beat the carpenter of the Griffon, his superior officer, who accordingly lodged a complaint with Lieutenant Richard Stewart Gamage, (then commanding on board, in the temporary absence of the 