James Hunt R.N.
James Hunt R.N.
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| James Hunt R.N. | Explanation |
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| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
| 27 October 1817 | | Born (Oxford) |
| 29 March 1860 | | Died (in Halsar Hospital, while in command of Megaera) |
| Entry in O'Byrnes 1849 'Naval Biographical Dictionary' |
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| Date | Rank |
| 23 July 1833 | Entered Navy |
| 12 August 1841 | Lieutenant |
| 13 December 1854 | Commander |
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| Date from | Date to | Service |
| 2 September 1841 | 5 June 1844 | Lieutenant in Dido, commanded by Henry Keppel, East Indies |
| 1 August 1843 | 1 October 1843 | Lieutenant and commander in Starling, East Indies |
| 6 June 1844 | 15 October 1844 | Lieutenant in Driver, commanded by Commander Courtenay Osburn Hayes, East Indies |
| 12 November 1845 | 6 July 1847 | Lieutenant in Alecto, commanded by Commander Francis William Austen, south-east coast of America (until invalided) |
| 11 December 1847 | 1 August 1848 | Lieutenant in Inconstant, commanded by Captain John Shepherd, south-east coast of America |
| 8 February 1851 | 27 April 1854 | Lieutenant in Coast Guard, Misner Haven, Southwold, Suffolk |
| 28 April 1854 | 1 December 1854 | Lieutenant in Pigmy (from commissioning at Portsmouth), the Baltic during the Russian War |
| 7 May 1856 | 19 January 1859 | Commander in Alecto (until paying off at Woolwich), west coast of Africa |
| 10 March 1860 | 29 March 1860 | Commander in Megaera (from commissioning at Portsmouth), Portsmouth |