 Young was a lieutenant in 1795 on the Bonne Citoyenne at the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1797 and he was in command of the frigate cutter Entreprenant in 1804 and fought on her at Trafalgar and later at the blockade of Brest.The Minidab was a French ship, but the significance of the ship is not known.Cob is a carefully blended mixture of wet earth, containing enough lime to enable it to set hard.