Joseph Bingham (Royal Navy officer)

[1] In January 1793 while serving as third lieutenant on HMS Ganges he assisted in the capture of Le Général Dumourier and other ships, and received his portion of a large amount of prize money.

[1] In May 1794 while serving as first lieutenant on HMS Audacious he was involved in engaging with La Révolutionaire and his good conduct was reported to the Admiralty.

[1] Bingham sailed to the Cape of Good Hope, and spent the next couple of years operating in the Indian Ocean.

On 14 January 1804, St Fiorenzo gave chase to the French naval chasse-marée and aviso Passe-Partout off Mount Dilly on the Malabar Coast.

[3] Bingham discovered that the French had outfitted Passe Partout to land three officers on the coast to incite the Mahratta states to attack the British.