John Coghlan Fitzgerald R.N.
John Coghlan Fitzgerald R.N.

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John Coghlan Fitzgerald R.N.Explanation
 
Date (from)(Date to)Personal
1803 Born
30 May 1859 Died (Sheerness)
Entry in O'Byrnes 1849 'Naval Biographical Dictionary'
 
DateRank
1 May 1818Entered Navy
September 1823Lieutenant
27 November 1829Commander
23 November 1841Captain
 
Date fromDate toService
1825 Lieutenant in Icarus, commanded by John George Graham
22 March 1826 Lieutenant in Forte, commanded by Jeremiah Coghlan, South America
27 November 1829February 1832Commander 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 184122 November 1841Commander in Racehorse, North America and West Indies
April 1842 Mission to Guatamala
20 March 18457 November 1848Captain 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 185319 January 1854Captain in Winchester, East Indies and China station
20 January 185416 June 1855Captain in Calliope (until paying off), Australia
15 September 185730 April 1858Captain in Formidable, guard ship of Ordinary, Sheerness, and Captain-Superintendent of Sheerness Dockyard
1 March 185830 June 1858Captain in Royal George (from commissioning at Sheerness), guard ship of Ordinary, Sheerness, and Captain-Superintendent of Sheerness Dockyard
1 July 185830 May 1859Captain in Formidable (from commissioning at Sheerness), guard ship of Ordinary, Sheerness, and Captain-Superintendent of Sheerness Dockyard (until he died)

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