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Capt. Conway Shipley was born 14 Aug. 1782; and entered the Navy 14 Aug. 1793, on board the Invincible 74, Capt. Thos Pakenham. In that ship he took part, and displayed much courage, in Lord Howe’s action 1 June, 1794; and he again, in the Phoebe 44, Capt. Robt. Barton, distinguished himself at the capture, in Dec. 1797, of the French frigate La Néréide of 44 guns and 715 men. After serving as Lieutenant (a rank he had attained in 1800) on board the Endymion 40, Capt. Sir Thos. Williams, Vanguard 74, Capt. Philip Chas. Durham, and Saturn 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Thos. Totty, he was made (having acquired considerable reputation) Commander by Sir Sam. Hood, in 1803, into the St. Lucia schooner (rated as a sloop-of-war), and appointed next to the Hippomenes of 14 guns and 90 men. In the latter vessel he made prize, 27 March, 1804, after an arduous chase of 54 hours and a running fight of three hours and 20 minutes, of the French frigate-built privateer Egyptienne of 36 guns and 240 men. His gallantry on this occasion procured him a sword from the Patriotic Society. Capt. Shipley was also present in the Hippomenes at the reduction of Surinam, where he ably superintended the debarkation of the division of troops under Brigadier-General Maitland at Warappa creek. He was promoted by Sir Sam. Hood, in May 1804, into his own flag-ship the Centaur 74; was posted by the Admiralty, about the same period, into the La Sagesse frigate; and was subsequently employed in the .. (English)

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