John Coghlan Fitzgerald R.N.
John Coghlan Fitzgerald R.N.
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John Coghlan Fitzgerald R.N. | Explanation |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
1803 | | Born |
30 May 1859 | | Died (Sheerness) |
Entry in O'Byrnes 1849 'Naval Biographical Dictionary' |
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Date | Rank |
1 May 1818 | Entered Navy |
September 1823 | Lieutenant |
27 November 1829 | Commander |
23 November 1841 | Captain |
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Date from | Date to | Service |
1825 | | Lieutenant in Icarus, commanded by John George Graham |
22 March 1826 | | Lieutenant in Forte, commanded by Jeremiah Coghlan, South America |
27 November 1829 | February 1832 | Commander in Alert (1813, brig-sloop), South American station |
19 March 1835 | | Coast Guard |
30 May 1839 | | Commander (2ic) in Magnificent, commanded by Commodore Peter John Douglas, Jamaica |
15 March 1841 | 22 November 1841 | Commander in Racehorse, North America and West Indies |
April 1842 | | Mission to Guatamala |
20 March 1845 | 7 November 1848 | Captain in Vernon (until paying off at Chatham), flagship of Rear-Admiral Samuel Hood Inglefield, South-east coast of America station, then (April 1847) East India and China station |
4 April 1853 | 19 January 1854 | Captain in Winchester, East Indies and China station |
20 January 1854 | 16 June 1855 | Captain in Calliope (until paying off), Australia |
15 September 1857 | 30 April 1858 | Captain in Formidable, guard ship of Ordinary, Sheerness, and Captain-Superintendent of Sheerness Dockyard |
1 March 1858 | 30 June 1858 | Captain in Royal George (from commissioning at Sheerness), guard ship of Ordinary, Sheerness, and Captain-Superintendent of Sheerness Dockyard |
1 July 1858 | 30 May 1859 | Captain in Formidable (from commissioning at Sheerness), guard ship of Ordinary, Sheerness, and Captain-Superintendent of Sheerness Dockyard (until he died) |