# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Appointments to Ships S

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APPOINTMENTS TO SHIPS. [ S ] :
| 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. |
| St. Aubyn, R. J. | L. | Tortoise | | Frederick Hutton | | 13 | May | 48 | | | | |
| Saumarez, Thomas | L. | Firefly | | John Tudor | | 21 | June | 48 | 3 | Jan | 49 | |
| | „ | Cygnet | | David Robertson | | 3 | Jan | 49 | | | | |
| Scott, Edward | L. | Excellent | | H. D. Chads | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | 18 | Sept | 48 | | | | |
| Scott, Edward | L. | Excellent | | H. D. Chads | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | 14 | Mar | 49 | | | | |
| Scriven, T. S. | L. | Ocean | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | John N. Nott George Elliot | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 11 | Jan | 48 | 28 | Nov | 48 | |
| Selwyn, Jasper H. | L. | Ganges | | Henry Smith, C.B. | | 22 | June | 48 | 19 | Oct | 48 | |
| | „ | Teazer | | Self | | 19 | Oct | 48 | | | | |
| Selwyn, F. L. A. | Cr. | Star | | Self | | 23 | Aug | 48 | | | | |
| Serocold, G. E. S. P. | L. | Hastings | | James W. Morgan | | 23 | Jan | 49 | | | | |
| Seymour, G. H. | C. | Carysfort | | Self | | 12 | Dec | 45 | 25 | Mar | 48 | P.O. |
| Seymour. F. B. P. | Cr. | Harlequin | | Self | | 22 | Nov | 48 | | | | |
| Shairp,Alexander M. | L. | Bittern | | Thomas Hope | | 1 | May | 47 | 4 | June | 48 | D. |
| Shaw, W. E. | L. | Heroine | | Charles Edmunds | | 13 | Jan | 48 | 16 | Nov | 48 | P.O. |
| | „ | Alert | | Hugh Dunlop | | 22 | Jan | 49 | | | | |
| Shears, John A. | L. | Sampson | | Thomas Henderson | | 24 | Sept | 47 | 9 | Dec | 48 | P.O. |
| Shortland, John A. | Cr. | Columbine | | Self | | 2 | Apr | 49 | | | | |
| Simpson. C. H. | L. | Heroine | | Charles Edmunds | | 9 | Mar | 48 | 30 | Aug | 48 | |
| | L.(Ag.) | Bittern | | Thomas Hope | | 30 | Aug | 48 | 31 | Jan | 49 | P.O. |
| Smith, George M. | L. | Actaeon | | George Mansel | | 2 | Dec | 47 | 11 | Feb | 48 | P.O. |
| Smith, George W. | Cr. | Helena | | Self | | 7 | June | 48 | 12 | Sept | 48 | Supd. |
| Smith, Thomas (d) | Cr. | Avon | | H. C. Otter | | 1 | Jan | 47 | 3 | Apr | 49 | |
| | „ | Comet | | Ditto | | 3 | Apr | 49 | | | | |
| Sprigg, George | Cr. | Ferret | | Self | | 3 | Feb | 46 | 8 | Sept | 48 | P.O. |
| Staniforth, W. L. | L. | Vindictive | | Michael Seymour | | 15 | May | 48 | 16 | June | 48 | P.O. |
| | „ | Apollo | | James Rawstorne | | 23 | Dec | 48 | | | | |
| Stanley, W. P. | C. | President | | Self | | 14 | Aug | 45 | 6 | Feb | 49 | P.O. |
| Stanley, Edward | C. | Calliope | | Self | | 18 | July | 45 | 9 | Jan | 49 | P.O. |
| Stephens, W. K. | C. | Superb | | Self (Ag.) | | 17 | Dec | 46 | 28 | Nov | 48 | P.O. |
| Stephens, John | L. | Sappho | | R. C. Michell | | 24 | Feb | 49 | | | | |
| Stirling, F. H. | L. | St. Vincent | | S. C. Dacres | | 13 | Nov | 48 | 12 | Apr | 49 | P.O. ​ |
| Stirling, F. H. | L. | Castor | | Chritopher Wyvill | | 2 | May | 49 | | | | |
| Stockdale, C. B. | L. | Ganges | | David Price | | 11 | Jan | 48 | 1 | Mar | 48 | |
| Stockdale, C. J. | L. | Heroine | | Charles Edmunds | | 31 | Aug | 48 | 16 | Nov | 48 | P.O. |
| Stone, W. E. | L. | Caledonia | | T. W. Carter | | 28 | Feb | 49 | | | | |
| Stupart, R. D. | L. | Bittern | | Thomas Hope | | 1 | Jan | 46 | 31 | Jan | 49 | P.O. |
| Sulivan, N. S. | L. | Vernon | | John C. Fitzgerald | | 13 | July | 47 | | | | |
| | „ | | | | | 9 | May | 48 | 19 | July | 48 | |
| | „ | Melampus | | John N. Campbell, B.B. | | 19 | July | 48 | 6 | Dec | 48 | Invd. |
| Sullivan, Charles | L. | Superb | | A. L. Corry | | 17 | Dec | 45 | 18 | Mar | 48 | |
| | „ | Trafalgar | | Charles Hope | | 18 | Mar | 48 | 30 | June | 48 | P.O. |
| | „ | Birkenhead | | H. T. Austin | | 27 | July | 48 | 7 | Oct | 48 | P.O. |
| Symons, E. C. | L. | Rosamund | | John Foote | | 16 | Mar | 48 | 11 | Nov | 48 | |