Horatio Thomas Austin R.N.
Horatio Thomas Austin R.N.
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Horatio Thomas Austin R.N. | Explanation |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
10 March 1800 | | Born |
March 1865 | | Knighted |
16 November 1865 | | Died |
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Date | Rank |
8 April 1813 | Entered Navy |
9 September 1822 | Lieutenant |
26 May 1831 | Commander |
28 June 1838 | Captain |
28 November 1857 | Rear-Admiral |
20 October 1864 | Vice-Admiral |
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Date from | Date to | Service |
24 April 1824 | | Lieutenant in Fury (1814, bomb vessel), British Naval Northwest Passage Expedition, led by William Edward Parry |
12 December 1827 | | Lieutenant in Chanticleer, commanded by Henry Foster, surveying vessel, West Indies |
27 November 1832 | 14 February 1834 | Commander in Salamander, Portugal |
30 January 1834 | | Commander in Medea, Mediterranean |
19 November 1839 | | Captain in Cyclops (until paying off at Woolwich), Mediterranean (including operations on the coast of Syria in 1840) |
27 May 1843 | 29 September 1843 | Captain in Cyclops (from commissioning at Woolwich until paying off), particular service (Ireland and the "royal squadron" accompanying "Her Majesty's Marine Excursion" in Victoria and Albert to Le Tréport, France and Ostende, Belgium) |
8 November 1843 | | Acting Captain in Tartarus |
19 September 1845 | | Supernumerary Captain in William and Mary, Woolwich |
25 January 1848 | 13 February 1850 | Captain in Blenheim, guard ship, Portsmouth |
28 February 1850 | 4 October 1851 | Captain in Resolute, in command of squadron (together with Assistance, Erasmus Ommanney, and two steam tenders) in search of Sir John Franklin |
11 March 1852 | | Additional Captain in Victory, commanded by Henry Byam Martin, for Packet service, Southampton |
1854 | | Captain superintendant of Deptford dockyard |
1863 | 1864 | Admiral superintendent of Malta dockyard |