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| David Spain R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Son of William Spain (1803-1876) | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 19 February 1827 | Born (Fareham, Hampshire, England) | ||
| 7 August 1856 | Married Constance Mary (1835-1920), daughter of Stokeham Huthwaite | ||
| 14 January 1905 | Died (Bournemouth, Dorset, England) | ||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 12 October 1847 | Mate | ||
| 25 November 1847 | Lieutenant | ||
| 10 May 1856 | Commander | ||
| 27 January 1862 | Captain | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 12 October 1847 | 24 October 1847 | Mate in Excellent, commanded by Captain Henry Ducie Chads, gunnery ship, Portsmouth | |
| 7 January 1848 | 18 December 1851 | Lieutenant in Havannah, commanded by Captain John Elphinstone Erskine, East Indies, then senior officer on Australia station | |
| 18 June 1852 | 1 December 1852 | Lieutenant in Infernal, commanded by Commander Frederick Archibald Campbell, North America and West Indies | |
| 2 December 1852 | 9 December 1852 | Additional Lieutenant in Waterloo, commanded by Captain Montagu Stopford, Sheerness, attending a court-martial | |
| 16 March 1855 | Lieutenant and commander in Thistle, the Baltic (as tender to Royal George) during the Russian War | ||
| 26 February 1859 | Commander in Recruit, Mediterranean | ||
| 1 October 1870 | 5 July 1871 | Captain in Audacious, ship of First Reserve, Kingstown, Ireland | |
| 6 July 1871 | 21 October 1873 | Captain in Vanguard, ship of First Reserve, Kingstown, Ireland | |
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Mo 6 December 1852 | Her Majesty's paddlewheel steam-vessel Adder, Mr. James Watt in charge, arrived from Chatham yesterday at 8 30 a.m. with officers ordered to attend the court-martial on several of the officers of the Rosamond. | ||
| Sa 11 December 1852 | At a late hour yesterday afternoon orders were received from the Admiralty to liberate from arrest, on board the Waterloo, flag ship, Mr. John Forbes, late surgeon of the Rosamond, under orders to be tried by a court-martial, on charges preferred against him by his late commanding officer, Lieutenant Crauford, and to discharge the witnesses summoned to give evidence on the part of the prosecution. It is stated that owing to some irregularity in the proceedings of the court-martial holden on Lieutenant Godfrey Taylor, and Mr. George D. Gordon, clerk, both of the Rosamond, the sentences on those officers have been annulled. | ||
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