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)
 
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)
 
DateRank
10 November 1857Mate
19 May 1859Lieutenant
10 December 1869Commander
27 January 1885Retired Captain
 
Date fromDate toService
9 September 185123 October 1851Naval cadet in Impregnable, commanded by Captain Arthur Lowe, Devonport
24 October 18518 September 1853Naval cadet in Leander, commanded by Captain Sidney Colpoys Dacres then Captain George St Vincent King, particular service (Squadron of Evolution) then Portsmouth
9 September 185323 September 1856Midshipman 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 185625 March 1857Midshipman in Bulldog, commanded by Commander Alexander Crombie Gordon, the Baltic during the Russian War
26 March 18579 November 1857Midshipman 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 18579 January 1859Mate in Furious, commanded by Captain Sherard Osborn, East Indies and China
10 January 185918 May 1859Acting Lieutenant in Furious, commanded by Captain Sherard Osborn, East Indies and China
19 May 185930 August 1861Lieutenant in Furious, commanded by Captain Oliver John Jones, East Indies and China
13 February 186212 December 1862Lieutenant in Algiers, commanded by Captain Edward Bridges Rice, Mediterranean


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