John Dobree McCrea R.N.
John Dobree McCrea R.N.
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John Dobree McCrea R.N. | Explanation |
Son of Rear-Admiral Robert Coutart McCrea (1793-1875) |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
26 March 1829 | | Born (Carbeal, Torpoint, Cornwall) |
9 May 1857 | | Married Marianne Watson (1833-1892), daughter of John Anderson (b 1798) |
19 March 1883 | | Died (Portsea, Hampshire) |
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Date | Rank |
6 September 1848 | Mate |
2 September 1850 | Lieutenant |
10 May 1856 | Commander |
15 April 1862 | Captain |
30 December 1877 | Rear-Admiral |
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Date from | Date to | Service |
6 September 1848 | 10 May 1849 | Mate in Excellent, commanded by Captain Henry Ducie Chads, gunnery ship, Portsmouth |
11 May 1849 | 22 June 1850 | Mate in Caledonia, commanded by Captain Thomas Wren Carter, Mediterranean |
23 June 1850 | 3 September 1850 | Mate in Victoria and Albert, commanded by Captain Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, Portsmouth |
17 February 1851 | 5 May 1854 | Lieutenant in Alecto, commanded by Stephen Smith Lowther Crofton, west coast of Africa |
6 May 1854 | 23 February 1855 | Lieutenant in Penelope, commanded by Captain James Crawford Caffin, the Baltic during the Russian War. Present at the reduction of Bomarsund (Clowes, VI, 424: 'On the 10th [Aug 1854] while passing the fortress, the Penelope, 16, paddle, Captain James Crawford Caffin, went ashore under the enemy's fire, and had to throw her guns overboard ere, much mauled by the enemy's red-hot shot, she could be floated off. She was struk 21 times, and had 2 men killed and 3 wounded... Happily no blame was attributed to Captain Caffin'. |
24 February 1855 | 12 May 1856 | Lieutenant in Hastings, commanded by Captain James Crawford Caffin, the Baltic during the Russian War |
23 May 1856 | 13 September 1856 | Commander (2ic) in Algiers, commanded by Commodore Henry John Codrington, in charge of a flotilla of gunboats |
3 February 1859 | 11 September 1860 | Commander (2ic) in St Jean d'Acre, commanded by Thomas Pickering Thompson, Mediterranean |
12 September 1860 | 2 November 1860 | Acting captain in St Jean d'Acre, Mediterranean |
3 November 1860 | 23 August 1861 | Commander (2ic) in St Jean d'Acre, commanded by Captain Charles Gilbert John Brydone Elliot, Mediterranean |
24 August 1861 | 13 September 1861 | Acting captain in St Jean d'Acre (until paying off at Plymouth), Mediterranean |
9 December 1861 | 28 June 1862 | Commander in Devastation (from commissioning at Woolwich), Pacific |
23 November 1867 | 25 August 1869 | Captain in Favorite, North America and West Indes |
25 February 1871 | 20 October 1871 | Captain in Prince Consort, Mediterranean |
10 November 1871 | 11 March 1873 | Captain in Bellerophon, Channel squadron |
12 March 1873 | 31 December 1873 | Captain in Triumph, Channel squadron |
7 January 1874 | 26 October 1874 | Naval Offcier in Charge, Gibraltar, flag in Pigeon |
27 October 1874 | 28 January 1878 | Naval Offcier in Charge, Gibraltar, flag in Express |
1 May 1882 | 19 March 1883 | Superintendent of Portsmouth Dockyard, flag in Asia (until he died) |