Henry Frederick McKillop R.N.
Henry Frederick McKillop R.N.
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Henry Frederick McKillop R.N. | Explanation |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
25 February 1822 | | Born (Dunkirk, France) |
June 1849 | | Married Mary Maria, daughter of John Murray, in Plympton, Devon |
1863 | | Invented a flexible cofferdam, or canvas machine for cleaning ships' bottoms afloat, tested at Chatham by Admiralty order |
November 1875 | | Led an Egyptian force of two warships (the Muhammad ?li and the Latif) and two two troopships, intended to annex the area around the mouth of the Juba River in Somalia for the Egyptian khedive, Isma'il. However the force was withdrawn when the British objected. |
5 June 1879 | | Died (Ramleh, Egypt) |
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Date | Rank |
16 October 1847 | Lieutenant |
24 May 1855 | Commander |
24 November 1862 | Captain |
1 April 1870 | Retired Captain |
9 March 1878 | Retired Rear-Admiral |
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Date from | Date to | Service |
14 September 1854 | 15 June 1855 | Lieutenant and commander in Snake, Black Sea during the Russian War |
30 November 1855 | | Commander in Recruit, Mediterranean |
14 July 1859 | | Coast Guard |
3 December 1860 | 22 July 1862 | Commander in Bulldog, North America and West Indies |
April 1868 | | In charge of a Naval College and training ships in Egypt |