Below is a list of officers of the Brazilian Navy who were, or may have been, Irishmen. I would welcome information from any reader who recognises a name or can provide details of the origins and previous careers of any of these men.

William Blakeley: Acting Sub-lieutenant May 1823. Blockade of Bahia 1823. Sub-lieutenant August 1824.

Louis Brown: Cousin of Field Marshal Gustavo Brown, chief of staff of the Brazilian army in the South. Recruited in London as Midshipman November 1825. Sub-lieutenant 12 October 1827. At the River Plate 1827.

David Carter: Volunteer 28 March 1823. Blockade of Bahia and capture of Maranhão1823. Sub-lieutenant 12 October 1823 Promoted Lieutenant October 1825. Battle of Los Pozos and Lara Quilmes, 1826. Drunk during capture of Itaparica 1827. In service 1835.

Ambrose Challes: Sub-lieutenant 9 April 1823. Blockade of Bahia 1823 and Confederation of the Equator 1824. Frigate service 1825. Died 19 June 1825.

George Clarence: Ex-Midshipman Royal Navy and officer of East India Company ships. Brazilian Lieutenant 9 April 1823. Blockade of Bahia and Confederation of the Equator 1823-1824. River Plate 1826-1828 commanding frigates.

Stephen Clewley: Born in 1797. Royal Navy Midshipman 1809. Chilean navy. To Brazil with Cochrane. Appointed Lieutenant 21 March 1823. Blockade of Bahia, capture of Maranhão and the Confederation of the Equator 1823-1824. Commander August 1824. 1825-1827 commanding frigates and brigs in the Plate. Captain of Frigate 12 October 1828. In service 1833.

Francis Clare: Ex-Royal Navy Midshipman. Appointed Lieutenant 9 April 1823. Blockade of Bahia and Confederation of the Equator. Commander 9 August 1824. Battle of Monte Santiago April 1827, later wrecked at San Blas. Captain of Frigate 12 October 1827. In service 1832.

George Cowan: Sub-lieutenant 12 April 1823. Blockade of Bahia and Confederation of the Equator 1823-1824. Lieutenant 9 August 1824. To the River Plate 1826. Commands schooner at Battle of Monte Santiago April 1827. Commander 1828. In service 1832

Vincent G. Crofton: Ex-Royal Navy midshipman. Lieutenant 9 April 1823. Blockade of Bahia 1823. Described 1824 as 'a madman and a drunkard'.

Thomas Sackville Crosbie: Born in Ireland 1793. Ex-Royal Navy Midshipman 1806-1815 Served at Lisbon, Mediterranean, South America and the West Indies. Lieutenant 21 March 1815. Chilean navy. To Brazil with Cochrane. Captain of Frigate 21 March 1823. Captain 12 October 1823. Flag Captain at Blockade of Bahia, capture of Maranhão and Confederation of the Equator 1823-1825. Resigned November 1825.

Thomas Craig: Sub-lieutenant 11 June 1824. On frigates during Confederation of the Equator and the River Plate 1824-1828. Decorated June 1828. In service 1829.

Samuel Gillett: Ex-Royal Navy Midshipman. Lieutenant 9 April 1823. Commands schooner in the north-east July 1823 to December 1824. Deserted.

John Rogers Gleddon: Ex-Royal Navy Midshipman. Lieutenant 9 April 1823. Blockade of Bahia and Confederation of the Equator 1823-1824. Killed at Battle of Corales 9 February 1826.

Bartholomew Hayden (1792-1857): born on 22 February 1792 in county Tipperary, the son of John and Joanna Hayden. Royal Navy Midshipman during the Napoleonic Wars. 1817-1819, Mid and Masters Mate on South America station. 1821 resigned and bought the brig Colonel Allen which brought Cochrane to Brazil, January-March 1823. Commander in the Brazilian Navy May 1823. Blockade of Bahia 1823 and off Pernambuco 1824. Successful corvette captain in River Plate 1826-1827. Captain of Frigate 31 January 1826. Battles of Quilmes and Monte Santiago. Commands (Anti-slavery) Division of the East of Angola 1828-1829. Married Anna da Fonseca Costa 2 June 1829, five children. 'Cabanos' rebels in Pará 1835-1836. Captain 22 October 1836. Leave to work in Steam Packet Co. 1839-1840. Retired 1842 as Commodore. Restored to the Active List 1849. Member of Naval Armaments Commission 1851.

Richard Hayden: Younger brother of Bartholomew Hayden. Acting Sub-lieutenant February 1824. Confederation of the Equator and River Plate 1824-1827. Captured during raid on Patagonia April 1827. Lieutenant 12 October 1827. In service as a Commander 1842.

Benjamin Kelmare: born on 25 June 1790. Royal Navy Service as Midshipman and Lieutenant 1809-1815. In Chile with Cochrane. Invalided home. Commander 9 April 1823. Blockade of Bahia 1823 and the Confederation of the Equator 1824. Sick. Not on 1827 List

William MacErwing: Sub-lieutenant 12 October 1826. Commands schooners in the River Plate. Lieutenant 18 Sept 1828. Still in service 1835.

John Rogers Molloy: Master’s Mate during the blockade of Bahia 1823 and the Confederation of the Equator 1824. Discharged for being drunk during the attack on the rebel capital of Recife.

Richard N. Murphy: Volunteer 1823. Acting Sub-lieutenant February 1824. Confederation of the Equator. Frigate service 1825. Commands steamship Correio Imperial (originally Hibernia) Sept 1825 then schooners in River Plate 1826. Lieutenant 1828. Killed by 'Cabanos' rebels August 1835.

Thomas Poynton: Acting Sub-lieutenant. Atlanta 1823. Dismissed for insubordination July 1824.

Joseph Sewell: Sub-lieutenant 20 July 1823. Blockade of Bahia 1823-4. Court martial and dismissed July 1824.

George Strickland: Masters Mate 1823. Blockade of Bahia and Confederation of the Equator 1823-1824. Sub-lieutenant 18 Sept 1824. River Plate 1824-1825. In service 1829.

Charles F. Yell: Volunteer May 1823. Off Montevideo 1823. Confederation of the Equator 1824. Sub-lieutenant 9 August 1824. To the River Plate 1826. Killed when brig Cacique captured by Argentine privateer September 1827.

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