Francis Metcalfe Ommanney R.N.
Francis Metcalfe Ommanney R.N.
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Francis Metcalfe Ommanney R.N. | Explanation |
Son of Francis Ommanney (1809-1899) |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
18 January 1838 | | Born (London) |
18 September 1869 | | Married Honoria (1841-1917), daughter of Thomas Deasy |
28 October 1914 | | Died (Blackheath, Kent) |
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Date | Rank |
10 November 1857 | Mate |
19 May 1859 | Lieutenant |
10 December 1869 | Commander |
27 January 1885 | Retired Captain |
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Date from | Date to | Service |
9 September 1851 | 23 October 1851 | Naval cadet in Impregnable, commanded by Captain Arthur Lowe, Devonport |
24 October 1851 | 8 September 1853 | Naval cadet in Leander, commanded by Captain Sidney Colpoys Dacres then Captain George St Vincent King, particular service (Squadron of Evolution) then Portsmouth |
9 September 1853 | 23 September 1856 | Midshipman in Leander, commanded by Captain George St Vincent King then Captain Swynfen Thomas Carnegie then Captain William Peel then Captain William Moorsom then Captain Edward Bridges Rice, Portsmouth, then the Mediterranean and Black Sea during the Russian War |
24 September 1856 | 25 March 1857 | Midshipman in Bulldog, commanded by Commander Alexander Crombie Gordon, the Baltic during the Russian War |
26 March 1857 | 9 November 1857 | Midshipman in Furious, commanded by Captain Sherard Osborn, East Indies and China (escorting a fleet of fifteen gunboats out for the attack on Canton during the 2nd Anglo-Chinese War) |
10 November 1857 | 9 January 1859 | Mate in Furious, commanded by Captain Sherard Osborn, East Indies and China |
10 January 1859 | 18 May 1859 | Acting Lieutenant in Furious, commanded by Captain Sherard Osborn, East Indies and China |
19 May 1859 | 30 August 1861 | Lieutenant in Furious, commanded by Captain Oliver John Jones, East Indies and China |
13 February 1862 | 12 December 1862 | Lieutenant in Algiers, commanded by Captain Edward Bridges Rice, Mediterranean |