Francis Godolphin Bond
Francis Godolphin Bond (23 January 1765 – 26 October 1839,
In 1798 as a Lieutenant he commissioned the newly acquired Netley. Under his command, Netley captured numerous French and Spanish privateers, including Egyptienne.[1] In all, under Bond Netley captured some 45 prizes, including 19 armed privateers. Reina Luisa alone was valued for purposes of prize money at £24,000.{{sfnp}|Bligh|Bond |1953 |p=10}} If Bond received the full ¼ due the captain of the capturing vessel(s), his share would have been £6,000, or an amount equivalent to about 15 years pay for a senior captain (in rank). This would have been in addition to the prize money for all his other captures. Bond received his promotion to Commander on 11 December 1800 and left Netley.
Bond returned to England. He was promoted to
Bond died at Exeter, about three years later, on 26 October 1839, aged 74.
Citations
- ^ "No. 15162". The London Gazette. 23 July 1799. pp. 742–743.
References
- Bligh, William; Bond, Francis Godolphin (1953). Fresh light on Bligh: being some unpublished correspondence of Captain William Bligh, R.N., and Lieutenant Francis Godolphin Bond, R.N., with Lieutenant Bond's manuscript notes made on the voyage of H.M.S. "Providence," 1791-1795. D.S. Ford, Printers.
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