# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Appointments to Ships F

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APPOINTMENTS TO SHIPS. [ F ] :
| Name of Officer. | Rank. | Ships. | Ships. | Captains. | Captains. | Captains. | Date of Appoint- ment. | Date of Appoint- ment. | Date of Appoint- ment. | Dates of Discharge, &c. | Dates of Discharge, &c. | Dates of Discharge, &c. | Dates of Discharge, &c. |
| Fairholme, J. W. | L. | | Erebus | | Sir John Franklin | | 13 | Mar | 45 | | | | |
| Falcon, G. T. | C. | | Royal Sovereign | | Self | | 17 | Feb | 45 | 30 | Sept | 48 | |
| Farquhar, Arthur | Cr. | | Albatross | | Self | | 5 | Nov | 46 | | | | |
| Fead, William F. | Cr. | | Howe | | Sir James Stirling | | 27 | Sept | 47 | 10 | Dec | 47 | |
| | „ | | Prince Regent | | William F. Martin | | 10 | Dec | 47 | | | | |
| Fead, W. F. G. | L. | | Contest | | Archibald M‘Murdo | | 3 | Mar | 47 | 11 | May | 47 | Invd. |
| | „ | | Cambrian | | James H. Plumridge | | 7 | Aug | 47 | 30 | Sept | 47 | Hosp. |
| | „ | | Hibernia | | Peter Richards, C.B. | | 16 | Nov | 47 | 6 | Mar | 48 | Supd. |
| | „ | | Superb | | A. L. Corry | | 6 | Mar | 48 | 28 | Nov | 48 | P.O. |
| Fegen, C. G. | L. | | Racer | | Archibald Reed | | 28 | June | 46 | 20 | Nov | 47 | P.O. |
| | „ | | Wellesley | | George Goldsmith | | 21 | Jan | 48 | | | | |
| | „ | | Trincomalee | | R. L. Warren | | 10 | Oct | 48 | | | | |
| Fellowes, William A. | L. | | Persian | | Henry Coryton | | 1 | Jan | 45 | 14 | Mar | 48 | P.O. |
| | „ | | Howe | | Sir James Stirling | | 24 | May | 48 | | | | |
| Fellowes, Charles | L. | | Superb | | A. L. Corry | | 21 | Dec | 46 | 28 | Nov | 48 | P.O. |
| Field, John B. | L. | | Hibernia | | Peter Richards, C.B. | | 11 | Mar | 47 | 17 | Apr | 47 | |
| | „ | | Gladiator | | John Robb | | 17 | Apr | 47 | 10 | Mar | 49 | P.O. |
| Fisher, Thomas | Cr. | | Stromboli | | Self | | 13 | June | 45 | 11 | Oct | 47 | Prom. |
| Fisher, William E. | L. | | Ferret | | George Sprigg | | 21 | July | 47 | 8 | Sept | 48 | P.O. |
| Fitzgerald, John C. | C. | | Vernon | | Self | | 20 | Mar | 45 | 7 | Nov | 48 | P.O. |
| Fitzjames, James | Cr. | | Erebus | | Sir John Franklin | | 4 | Mar | 45 | | | | |
| Fitzroy, A. G. | L.(Ag.) | | Jun | | Patrick J. Blake | | 15 | Aug | 47 | 18 | Jan | 48 | |
| | L. | | Havannah | | John E. Erskine | | 15 | Jan | 49 | | | | |
| FitzRoy, Robert | C. | | Fisgard | | Self (ag.) | | 14 | Sept | 48 | 13 | Nov | 48 | |
| | „ | | Arrogant | | Self | | 12 | Mar | 49 | | | | |
| Fletcher, Archibald D. W. | L. | | Electra | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | W. H. Hall W. H. Maitland F. W. P. Bouverie | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 22 | Jan | 46 | 15 | Oct | 47 | Invd. |
| | „ | | Queen | | Henry William Bruce | | 18 | Jan | 48 | 24 | Apr | 48 | Invd. |
| Floud, Ross M. | L. | | Nimrod | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | James R. Dacres Thomas Belgrave | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 9 | Dec | 45 | | | | |
| Foley, Hon. F. A. | L. | | Raleigh | | Edward Tatham | | 14 | Feb | 46 | | | | |
| Foote, John | Cr. | | Rosamund | | Self | | 5 | Nov | 46 | | | | |
| Forbes, C. S. | L. | | Asia | | R. F. Stopford | | 21 | Mar | 48 | 10 | July | 48 | |
| | „ | | Bellerophon | | R. L. Baynes, C.B. | | 10 | July | 48 | | | | |
| Forbes, F. E. | L.(Ag.) | | Wolf | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | Arthur Vyner J. T. Caldwell James A. Gordon | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 2 | July | 44 | 18 | Aug | 47 | P.O. |
| | L. | | Bonetts | | Self | | 24 | Nov | 47 | | | | |
| Ford, H. A. | L. | | Alarm | | G. G. Loch | | 18 | Oct | 48 | | | | |
| Forster, M. C. | L. | | Rodney | | Edward Collier, C.B. | | 11 | June | 45 | 27 | Jan | 47 | |
| Forsyth, C. C. | L. | | Helena | | Sir Cornwallis Ricketts | | 1 | Jan | 44 | 28 | June | 47 | |
| Fortescue, T. D. A. | L. | | Dragon | | W. H. Hall | | 5 | May | 47 | | | | |
| Fowell, William N. | Cr. | | Cherokee | | Self | | 1 | July | 46 | 28 | July | 48 | |
| Fowell, Samuel | L. | | Sphynx | | John B. Cragg | | 10 | July | 46 | 29 | Feb | 47 | P.O. |
| | „ | | Bulldog | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | G. E. Davis A. C. Key | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 14 | Apr | 47 | 14 | Sept | 47 | |
| | „ | | Gladiator | | John Robb | | 14 | Sept | 47 | 10 | Mar | 49 | |
| Fowke, Richard | L. | | Poictiers | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | W. H. Shirreff Sir Thomas Bourchier | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 23 | Sept | 44 | 8 | Oct | 47 | Supd. |
| Fowler, G. C. | L. | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | William & Mary | | H. T. Austin, C.B. | | 12 | Dec | 46 | 8 | Oct | 47 | |
| | „ | | Fisgard | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | Sir J. J. G. Bremer, K.C.B. Robert FitzRoy Henry Eden | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 24 | Oct | 47 | 1849 | 1849 | 1849 | Supd. |
| Franklin, John | L. | | Amphion | | W. J. Williams | | 8 | Feb | 47 | 16 | Oct | 48 | P.O. |
| Fraser, Charles | Cr. | | Royal Sovereign | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | Sir W. O. Pell G. T. Falcon Peter Richards, C.B. | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 10 | Sept | 44 | | | | |
| Frazer, George A. | Cr. | | Lucifer | | Self | | 12 | Feb | 44 | 21 | Oct | 47 | P.O. |
| | „ | | Crocodile | | S. R. Protheroe | | 22 | Oct | 47 | | | | |
| | „ | | Sparrow | | Self | | 2 | Apr | 49 | | | | |
| Freeland, John O. | L. | | Ocean | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | John N. Nott George Elliot | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 11 | Jan | 48 | | | | |
| Fremantle, C. H. | C. | | Inconstant | | Self | | 20 | May | 43 | 28 | Feb | 47 | |
| | „ | | Albion | | Self | | 11 | Jan | 47 | 16 | Oct | 48 | P.O. |
| Fremantle, S. G. | C. | | Raleigh | | Self | | 11 | Jan | 47 | 16 | Oct | 48 | Supd. |
| French, John T. W. | L. | | Dasher | | Wm. L. Sheringham | | 8 | Jan | 47 | 11 | Oct | 47 | Prom. |
| Fuge, Edward P. | L. | | Fantome | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | Sir F. W. E. Nicolson, Bart. Thomas P. Le Hardy | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 18 | Dec | 44 | 20 | Apr | 48 | P.O. |
| | „ | | Reynard | | Peter Cracroft | | 10 | Aug | 48 | | | | ​ |
| Fulford, John | Cr. | | President | | William. P. Stanley | | 27 | Oct | 45 | 6 | Sept | 48 | |
| Furneaux, James H. | L. | | Excellent | | H. D. Chads, C.B. | | 3 | Oct | 46 | 30 | June | 47 | P.O. |
| | „ | | Ditto | | Ditto | | 1 | July | 47 | 19 | July | 47 | |
| | „ | | Amphitrite | | Thomas R. Eden | | 19 | July | 47 | | | | |