Frank Abney Hastings

Frank Abney Hastings (born 1794—died June 1, 1828, Zacynthus, Ionian Islands [Greece]) was a British naval officer who fought in the War of Greek Independence and was the first commander to use a ship with auxiliary steam power in naval action. The son of Lieutenant General Sir Charles Hastings, Frank Hastings was cashiered from the Royal Navy for a breach of discipline in 1820 and then joined the Greeks in their rebellion against Turkish rule....