Adam Cuppage, Volunteer First Class.

CUPPAGE.
Acasta Volunteer First Class under Capt. Dunn, c.1805-6, aged 13 years.

Adam Cuppage, born 21 Nov. 1792, is second son of the late General Cuppage, of the Hon. E. 1. Co.'s service ; brother of Lieut.-Col. Cuppage, late of the 39th regiment ; and cousin of Capt. Wm. Cuppage, R.N.

This officer entered the Navy, 6 Jan. 1805, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Cyclops 20, Capt. Fras. Douglas, guard-ship off Lymington; joined next, for short periods, the Cracker gun-brig', Lieut.-Commander Wm. Henry Douglas, Thunderer 74, Capt. John Leohmere, and Repulse 74, Capt. Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge, employed in the Channel; and on ultimately proceeding to the West Indies in the ACASTA 40, Capt. Rich. Dalling Dunn, took an active part in the victory gained over the French, off St. Domingo, 6 Feb. 1806. Accompanying Capt. Dunn soon afterwards, as Midshipman, into the Royal George 100, flag-ship of Sir John Thos. Duckworth, he passed the Dardanells in Feb. 1807; and, on 27 of that month, served with the boats in a smart skirmish with the Turks on the island of Prota.

Source: A NAVAL BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY: COMPRISING THE LIFE AND SERVICES OF EVERY LIVING OFFICER IN HER MAJESTY'S NAVY, FROM THE RANK OF ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET TO THAT OF LIEUTENANT, INCLUSIVE. Compiled from Authentic and Family Documents. BY WILLIAM E. O'BYRNE, ESQ.
LONDON: JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, PUBLISHER TO THE ADMIRALTY. 1849.