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Thomas Lipson, R.N. (ca.1784 – 25 October 1863) generally known as Captain Lipson was born in Dartmouth, England. He had a successful if unspectacular career in the Royal Navy before being appointed by the Admiralty as the first Harbour Master at South Australia, arriving there with the pioneer settlers. Serving from 1836 to 1855, based at Port Adelaide, Lipson also superintended many of the initial maritime surveys of that new colony. ==Career== *1793 Lipson joined the Royal Navy as a first-class volunteer on the Windsor Castle under Captain Sir Thomas Byard. (At the age of 9 or 10!!) *In 1797 he served under Byard on the Bedford, at the Battle of Camperdown *In 1798 in the Foudroyant under Byard at the Battle of Tory Island. He was present at the Battle of the Nile and the taking of Toulon; during the rest of the war as midshipman and master's mate in the Princess Charlotte, Ruby, and Isis. He then served for short periods on the Neptune, Amphion and Hydra *In 1803, he joined the Montagu and assisted at the blockade of the enemy's ports from Brest to the Dardanelles. He was present on 22 August 1805, in Admiral Cornwallis's attack on the French fleet close to Brest harbour, when the Montagu engaged with L'Alexandre (described in the reference〔 as a ship of 80 guns). *On 24 January 1808, Lipson was nominated Acting Lieutenant of the Sabrina off Cadiz; the promotion was made official on 29 June 1809. *In 1810 he was made Senior Lieutenant of the Bonne Citoyenne on the South American station. He served afterwards in the HMS Laurustinus (described in the reference as a ship of 24 guns), and the Barfleur on the Brazilian and Mediterranean stations. *In 1814 and 1815 in the Iphigenia, HMS Torrent (described in the reference〔 as a ship of 80 guns), and Royal Sovereign, on the North American and home stations. Captain Lipson was awarded a medal and two clasps for general actions during the war. *In January 1817 he was in charge of the revenue cutter "Lapwing", when she parted from her cables and was driven from her anchorage in Mill Bay, Plymouth, and went ashore high and dry over a ridge of rocks "with comparatively but little damage".〔Marshall, John ''Royal Naval Biography; Or, Memoirs of the Services of All the Flag-officers'' p.209〕 He was in command of the Lapwing on 11 May 1818 when 17 casks of contraband spirits were seized. ::The Lapwing (built 1808 in Mevagissey, Cornwall) was to turn up later in South Australia - she was brought to Port Adelaide in May 1850 and sold to merchant Ephraim Teakle. She made regular voyages to the Perth, Western Australia and Melbourne, Victoria. In 1852 she was sold to Captain George Hall, William Paxton and Captain Henry Simpson (d. 26 April 1884), and in April 1853 transferred to Captain William Francis Jnr.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.australianshipwrecks.info/easw-parsonslist-j-o.html )〕 She was wrecked at Port Elliot on 6 September 1856 during a gale, when the government moorings gave way.〔(Gales on the Coast ) ''South Australian Register'' 9 September 1856 p.2 accessed 14 October 2011〕 The crew escaped unharmed but two sailors died when they attempted to return to the vessel. The ship was not insured and Captain Francis was bankrupted.〔(Insolvency Court ) ''South Auatralian Advertiser'' 26 November 1858 p.3 accessed 28 October 2011〕 *He was appointed Commander on 4 March 1819. *In 1836 Commander Lipson was appointed by the Admiralty as Naval Officer for South Australia, by the Colonial Government as Harbour-Master at Port Adelaide and Administrator of Marine Affairs, and by the Hon. Commissioners of H.M. Customs as Collector for South Australia. He made several surveys of the South Australian coast for the Home Government. *In 1840 he resigned the Customs position, but held the former two until 1855, when he was given rank as Post-Captain and retired on a life pension. He was appointed Master of the Trinity House Board (later renamed Marine Board) in 1852, a post he resigned in 1854 to be controversially replaced by Capt. B. Douglas. *Captain Lipson died on 25 October 1863 and was interred at West Terrace Cemetery. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thomas Lipson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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