Michael De Courcy R.N.
Michael De Courcy R.N.
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Michael De Courcy R.N. | Explanation |
Eldest son of Captain Nevinson De Courcy RN |
De Courcy Island, in the Northumberland Channel off the east coast of central Vancouver Island is namen after him (he charted these waters in Pylades from 1859 to 1861) |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
No personal data. |
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Date | Rank |
5 February 1824 | Entered Navy |
28 June 1838 | Lieutenant |
12 February 1842 | Commander |
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Date from | Date to | Service |
20 September 1838 | | Lieutenant in Racer, commanded by George Byng, North America and West Indies |
6 November 1840 | | Lieutenant in Racer, commanded by Thomas Harvey, North America and West Indies |
4 March 1841 | | Lieutenant and commander in Charybdis, South America |
13 July 1844 | | Coast Guard |
2 September 1848 | 30 November 1851 | Commander in Helena (until paying off at Portsmouth), North America and West Indies |
16 July 1857 | 30 July 1861 | Captain in Pylades (from commissioning at Sheerness until paying off at Chatham), East Indies and China, then Pacific |
12 March 1862 | 21 March 1864 | Captain in Ajax, Coast Guard, Kingstown (replaced by Royal George) |
April 1864 | 3 April 1865 | Captain in Royal George, Coast Guard, Kingstown (replacing Ajax) |
1 January 1866 | 16 June 1866 | Commodore in Leander, southern division of the Pacific station |