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| William Moorsom R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Son of Richard Moorsom (1758?1831), shipowner and marine merchant | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 7 February 1816 | Born (Airy Hill, Whitby) | ||
| 4 February 1860 | Died (Brighton) | ||
| Inventor of the 'Moorsom percussion fuse' (1850), and of the 'Director', an instrument for concentrating a ship's broadside fire | |||
| According to Clowes (VI, page 211) upon his return from the Black Sea, he was 'the first captain who had the temerity to invade the sacred precincts of the Admiralty with hirsute fixings', to be met with the cutting remark: 'Horseguards next door!'. | |||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 28 June 1830 | Entered Navy | ||
| 29 March 1842 | Lieutenant | ||
| 8 March 1848 | Commander | ||
| 14 March 1851 | Captain | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 29 July 1854 | 7 July 1855 | Captain in Firebrand, Black Sea, Moorsom serving ashore with the Naval Brigade, during the Russian War | |
| 13 August 1855 | 5 January 1856 | Captain in Leander, flagship of Rear-Admiral Charles Howe Fremantle, Black Sea, during the Russian War | |
| 24 January 1856 | 27 September 1856 | Captain in Eurotas (from commissioning at Sheerness until paying off at Sheerness), Sheerness (and the 1856 Royal Naval review) | |
| 19 August 1857 | October 1859 | Captain in Diadem (from commissioning at Portsmouth), Channel squadron, then West Indies (until Moorsom was invalided) | |
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