# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Appointments to Ships M

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APPOINTMENTS TO SHIPS. [ M ] :
| Name of Officer. | Rank. | 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. |
| M‘Cleverty, J. J. | Cr(Ag) | Amazon | | James J. Stopford | | 28 | June | 47 | 6 | Apr | 48 | P.O. |
| M‘Clintock, F. L. | L. | Enterprise | | Sir James C. Ross | | 7 | Feb | 48 | | | | |
| M‘Clure, R. J. L. | L. | Enterprise | | Sir James C. Ross | | 2 | Mar | 48 | | | | |
| Macdonald, R. J. J. R. | Cr(Ag) | Modeste | | Self | | 11 | Aug | 47 | 15 | Jan | 48 | P.O. |
| Macdonald, J. A. | L. | Spitfire | | Self | | 12 | June | 45 | 16 | May | 48 | |
| M‘Dougall, John | Cr. | Asia | | R. F. Stopford | | 8 | Sept | 47 | | | | |
| Mackenzie, J. G. | Cr. | Caledonia | | M. H. Dixon | | 12 | May | 47 | 27 | Jan | 48 | P.O. |
| Mackenzie, D. M‘L. | L. | Castor | | Charles Graham | | 3 | May | 43 | 16 | Nov | 47 | P.O. |
| | „ | Powerful | | R. S. Dundas | | 21 | June | 48 | | | | ​ |
| Mackenzie, John F. C. | L. | Vindictive | | Michael Seymour | | 9 | Apr | 47 | 5 | Oct | 47 | |
| | „ | Vesuvius | | H. G. Austen | | 5 | Oct | 47 | 31 | July | 48 | |
| | „ | Vixen | | Robert Jenner | | 31 | July | 48 | | | | |
| M‘Killop, H. F. | L. | Hydra | | Grey Skipwith | | 4 | Dec | 47 | 10 | Aug | 48 | Invd. |
| M‘Kinnon, L. B. | L. | Mastiff | | A. B. Becher | | 1 | Feb | 47 | 1 | Nov | 47 | Prom. |
| Macleod, John L. | L. | Penelope | | L. T. Jones | | 22 | Nov | 48 | 3 | Mar | 49 | |
| | „ | Centaur | | C. H. M. Buckle | | 3 | Mar | 49 | | | | |
| M‘Naghten, Alexander | L. | Alarm | | G. G. Loch | | 8 | Oct | 45 | 21 | Oct | 47 | P.O. |
| Maitland, Sir T. | C. | America | | Self | | 10 | Nov | 46 | 20 | Oct | 47 | P.O. |
| | „ | San Josef | | Self | | 28 | Apr | 48 | 1848 | 1848 | 1848 | |
| | „ | Impregnable | | Self | | 1 | Jan | 49 | | | | |
| Mansel, George | C. | Actaeon | | Self | | 14 | Dec | 44 | 11 | Feb | 48 | P.O. |
| Mansel, G. H. | L. | Asia | | R. F. Stopford | | 19 | June | 48 | | | | |
| Marriott, George | L. | Trafalgar | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | John N. Nott Charles Hope | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 26 | May | 46 | 30 | June | 48 | P.O. |
| | „ | Tweed | | Lord F. Russell | | 8 | June | 48 | | | | |
| Marryat, Frederick | L. | Avenger | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | S. C. Dacres C. G. E. Napier | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 9 | Apr | 47 | 20 | Dec | 47 | D. |
| Marsh, John B. | Cr. | Heroine | | Self | | 14 | Apr | 49 | | | | |
| Marshall, Edw. | L. | Nimrod | | James R. Dacres | | 1 | May | 47 | 16 | Mar | 48 | |
| | „ | Rosamund | | John Foote | | 16 | Mar | 48 | | | | |
| Marshall, W. C. | L. | Howe | | Sir James Stirling | | 27 | Sept | 47 | 19 | Jan | 49 | D. |
| Marten, Francis | L. | President | | W. P. Stanley | | 16 | Aug | 45 | 6 | Feb | 49 | P.O. |
| Martin, W. F. | C. | Prince Regent | | Self | | 7 | Dec | 47 | | | | |
| Martin, H. B. | C. | Grampus | | Self | | 15 | Nov | 45 | 20 | Oct | 48 | P.O. |
| Martin, Geo. B. | C. | Eagle | | Self | | 4 | Nov | 44 | 10 | Mar | 48 | P.O. |
| Mason, Thomas H. | Cr. | Medea | | Self | | 25 | Jan | 47 | 20 | Feb | 49 | |
| | „ | Melampus | | Self (Acting) | | 20 | Feb | 49 | | | | |
| Mason, George | L. | Illustrious | | R. A. Yates | | 16 | June | 48 | | | | |
| Mason, W. B. | L. | Hibernia | | Charles Wise | | 20 | Nov | 48 | | | | |
| Massie, John B. | L. | Grampus | | H. B. Martin | | 22 | Jan | 46 | 26 | Oct | 47 | Invd. |
| Massie, T. L. | C. | Cleopatra | | Self | | 26 | Apr | 49 | | | | |
| Maunsell, E. E. | L. | President | | William P. Stanley | | 5 | July | 47 | 2 | Sept | 48 | |
| | „ | Nimrod | | Thomas Belgrave | | 2 | Sept | 48 | | | | |
| May, A. C. | L. | Wellesley | | George Goldsmith | | 7 | Jan | 48 | | | | |
| May, C. H. | L. | Superb | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | A. L. Corry W. K. Stephens | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 14 | July | 46 | 28 | Nov | 48 | P.O. |
| May, Ph. W. | L. | Caledonia | | T. W. Carter | | 28 | Jan | 48 | | | | |
| Mellersh, Arthur | L. | Vernon | | John C. Fitzgerald | | 22 | Mar | 45 | 7 | Apr | 48 | Invd. |
| | „ | Superb | | Edward Purcell | | 29 | Nov | 48 | 8 | May | 49 | Prom. |
| Mends, W. B. | C. | Agincourt | | Self | | 28 | Jan | 48 | 19 | Mar | 49 | Prom. |
| Mends, W. R. | Cr. | Vanguard | | George F. Rich | | 1 | Jan | 48 | 28 | Mar | 49 | P.O. |
| Mends, R. H. H. | L. | Fly | | R. A. Oliver | | 13 | Oct | 47 | | | | |
| Meynell, Francis | L. | Bellerophon | | R. L. Baynes, C.B. | | 23 | Sept | 47 | 22 | Mar | 49 | |
| Michell, R. C. | Cr. | Devestation | | Self | | 15 | Sept | 47 | 20 | Sept | 48 | P.O. |
| | „ | Sappho | | Self | | 13 | Feb | 49 | | | | |
| Micklethwaite, H. S. N. | L. | Bellerophon | | R. L. Baynes, C.B. | | 23 | Sept | 47 | 1 | Jan | 49 | Supd. |
| Mildmay, H. G. St. J. | L. | Thetis | | H. J. Codrington | | 14 | Oct | 46 | 6 | Aug | 48 | |
| | „ | Hecate | | Richard Moorman | | 6 | Aug | 48 | 25 | Sept | 48 | P.O. |
| | „ | Stromboli | | Lord A. W. Beauclerk | | 5 | May | 49 | | | | |
| Miller, David | L. | Amphion | | W. J. Williams | | 5 | Oct | 47 | | | | |
| Miller, William S. | L. | Wellesley | | George Goldsmith | | 14 | Jan | 48 | | | | |
| Miller, Thomas | L. | Caledonia | | M. H. Dixon | | & | May | 47 | 27 | Oct | 47 | |
| Miller, John P. | L. | Wellesley | | George Goldsmith | | 14 | Jan | 48 | | | | |
| Mills, H. F. | L. | Victory | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | John Pasco R. A. Yates | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 17 | Apr | 47 | 1 | Dec | 47 | |
| | „ | Blenheim | | R. A. Yates | | 1 | Dec | 47 | 25 | Jan | 48 | |
| | „ | Illustrious | | R. A. Yates | | 25 | Jan | 48 | 13 | May | 48 | |
| Molesworth. G. M. F. | L. | Wellesley | | George Goldsmith | | 6 | Nov | 48 | | | | |
| Molyneux, T. H. | L. | Spartan | | T. M. C. Symonds | | 27 | July | 46 | 4 | Oct | 47 | D. |
| Montgomerie, John E. | L. | Pantaloon | | L. de T. Prevost | | 30 | June | 48 | | | | |
| Montresor, F. B. | Cr. | Wanderer | | Self | | 14 | Feb | 47 | 20 | Mar | 49 | P.O. |
| Moore, John | Cr. | Harlequin | | Self | | 12 | Nov | 46 | 6 | Nov | 48 | |
| Monypenny, W. B. | Cr. | Sealark | | Self | | 14 | Dec | 47 | | | | |
| Moore, W. H. | L. | Caledonia | | M. H. Dixon | | 26 | Sept | 45 | 28 | Jan | 48 | |
| | „ | Agincourt | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | William B. Mends W. J. H. Johnstone | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 28 | Jan | 48 | | | | |
| Mooney, William | L. | Scorpion | | George B. Lawrence | | 3 | Apr | 49 | | | | |
| Mooe, R. S. | L. | Comus | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | T. S. Thompson E. C. T. D’Eyncourt | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 18 | Dec | 44 | 18 | Oct | 48 | P.O. |
| Moore, T. E. L. | L. | Plover | | Self | | 17 | Nov | 47 | 11 | Jan | 48 | Prom. |
| | Cr. | Ditto | | Ditto | | 11 | Jan | 48 | | | | ​ |
| Moorman, Richard (b) | Cr. | Rattler | | Self | | 17 | Nov | 46 | 13 | Sept | 47 | P.O. |
| | „ | Hecate | | Ditto | | 14 | Sept | 47 | 25 | Sept | 48 | P.O. |
| Moorsom, William | L. | St. Vincent | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | John Shepherd Alexander Milne S. C. Dacres | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 9 | May | 46 | 8 | Mar | 48 | |
| | (Cr Ag) | Howe | | Sir James Stirling | | 8 | Mar | 48 | 26 | May | 48 | Supd. |
| Moresby, Fairfax | L. | Cambrian | | Jame H. Plumridge | | 20 | Aug | 47 | | | | |
| Moresby, Fairfax | C. | Canopus | | Self | | 1 | Mar | 45 | 30 | May | 48 | P.O. |
| Moreton, Hon. H. A. | L. | Alarm | | G. G. Loch | | 2 | Mar | 48 | 18 | Mar | 48 | |
| | „ | Vindictive | | Michael Seymour | | 18 | Mar | 48 | 16 | June | 48 | P.O. |
| Morgan, James W. | C. | Hastings | | Self | | 7 | Apr | 48 | | | | |
| Morgan, E. E. | L. | Cygnet | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | George Kenyon David Robertson | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 6 | Dec | 47 | | | | |
| Morgan, W. G. H. | L. | Centaur | | C. H. M. Buckle | | 1 | Jan | 49 | | | | |
| Morrell, Arthur | Cr. | Hydra | | Self | | 12 | Nov | 46 | 21 | Apr | 47 | P.O. |
| Morris, Frederick | L. | Canopus | | Fairfax Moresby, C.B. | | 11 | Feb | 47 | 30 | May | 48 | P.O. |
| Morris, F. W. | L. | Wanderer | | F. B. Montresor | | 14 | Feb | 47 | 1 | Aug | 48 | |
| | „ | Tortoise | | Frederick Hutton | | 1 | Aug | 48 | 3 | Jan | 49 | |
| | „ | Favourite | | Alexander Murray | | 3 | Jan | 49 | | | | |
| Morshead, John | L. | Caledonia | | M. H. Dixon | | 19 | Nov | 46 | 27 | Jan | 48 | P.O. |
| Mould, William | L. | Canopus | | Fairfax Moresby, C.B. | | 4 | Mar | 45 | 30 | May | 48 | P.O. |
| | „ | Amazon | | E. N. Troubridge | | 1 | Nov | 48 | | | | |
| Mudge, Robert | L. | Ocean | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | Sir John Hill Sir W. O. Pell Peter Fisher Richard Arthur David Price | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 1 | July | 38 | 10 | Jan | 48 | P.O. |
| | „ | Ditto | | John N. Nott | | 11 | Jan | 48 | 14 | Feb | 48 | Supd. |
| Murray, A. G. E. | L. | Stromboli | | Lord A. Beauclerk | | ( | Mar | 48 | | Feb | 49 | Invd. |
| Murray, George Don | L. | Prince Regent | | William F. Martin | | 10 | Dec | 47 | 24 | May | 48 | |
| | „ | Meander | | Hon. Henry Keppel | | 24 | May | 48 | | | | |
| Murray, Augustus C. | L. | Rodney | | Edward Collier, C.B. | | 3 | Nov | 47 | | Mar | 48 | |
| Murray, John | L. | Daphne | | Edward G. Fanshawe | | 26 | Oct | 48 | | | | |