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War of 1812

As a first-class volunteer, FitzClarence joined the 98-gun ship of the line HMS Impregnable on 26 May 1814. Impregnable was part of the escort charged with taking the monarchs allied to Britain, Alexander I of Russia and Frederick William III of Prussia, from Calais to Dover for peace celebrations. FitzClarence's father, as admiral of the fleet, commanded the escort with Impregnable as his flagship. The process was completed on 6 June. While Clarence stayed in Impregnable to organise the retu...

Mediterranean service

Newcastle was paid off and after two months of leave, FitzClarence joined the 38-gun frigate HMS Tagus on 27 November. He became lifelong friends with Midshipman Charles Fremantle, a future admiral, who joined Tagus at the same time. Tagus joined the Mediterranean Fleet in early 1816, where talks were ongoing with Algiers to stop the Barbary States' practice of Christian slavery. As part of this process Tagus sailed to Constantinople, carrying Algerian diplomats in May. Tagus was refused perm...

Lieutenant

FitzClarence was promoted to lieutenant on 23 April. His first posting as a lieutenant came in November when he was sent to the 42-gun frigate HMS Euryalus, initially at Spithead but expected to sail for the Mediterranean. Before this happened, Clarence visited to inspect the ship on 29 January 1822, spending three hours on board. Euryalus left for the Mediterranean soon afterwards and was stationed in the Ionian Islands as part of the British response to the Greek War of Independence. Both B...