TURNER, Charles Coehe, naval officer, born in Virginia about 1805; died in Baltimore, Maryland, 4 March, 1861. He entered the navy as a midshipman, 10 May, 1820, was commissioned lieutenant, 17 May, 1828, and served in the sloop "Vandalia," suppressing piracy, and in the Seminole war in 1834-'5. He was in the sloop "Peacock" in the East Indies in 1836-'8, during which time he had a narrow escape on a reef in the Persian gulf, in which it was necessary to throw the guns overboard in order to save the ship. He commanded the store-ship " Erie" in 1844-'7, visited the Mediterranean, African, and Pacific squadrons, and assisted in operations for the conquest of California during the Mexican war. He was promoted to master-commandant, 22 March, 1847, served on ordnance duty in Washington in 1849-'51, was fleet-captain in the Mediterranean squadron in 1852-'3, and commanded the sloop " Levant" on the coast of Africa in 1853-'6. He was on waiting orders in 1857, and served at the Washington navy-yard from 1857 till 1860.