# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Appointments to Ships A

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APPOINTMENTS TO SHIPS. [ A ] :
| Name of Officer. | 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. |
| Adams, George C. | | L. | | St. Vincent | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | Sir Richard Grant, Sir F. A. Collier | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 2 | Feb | 46 | 2 | Dec | 46 | |
| Addington, Hon. W. W. | | L. | | Spartan | | T. M. C. Symonds | | 31 | Jul | 46 | 17 | Jan | 48 | Resig. |
| Agnew, John De C. | | L. | | St. Vincent | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | Alexander Milne, Sidney C. Dacres | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 26 | Nov | 46 | | | | |
| Ainslie, Henry | | L. | | Stromboli | | Thomas Fisher | | 28 | Aug | 44 | 10 | Nov | 47 | P.O. |
| Aird, David | | L. | | Bramble | | Charles B. Yule | | 23 | Jan | 46 | 31 | July | 47 | |
| | | L. | | Dragon | | W. H. Hall | | 9 | Oct | 48 | 13 | Apr | 49 | |
| | | L. | | Sparrow | | George A. Frazer | | 3 | Apr | 49 | | | | |
| Alcock, R. W. H. | | L. | | Scout | | Wm. Loring | | 6 | Jan | 46 | 15 | July | 47 | |
| | | „ | | President | | Wm. P. Stanley | | 15 | Jul | 47 | 13 | Jan | 48 | |
| | | L. | | Geyser | | Francis T. Brown | | 13 | Jan | 48 | 15 | May | 48 | Invd. |
| Aldham, W. C. | | Cr. | | Vengeance | | Stephen Lushington | | 11 | Jun | 47 | 27 | Nov | 48 | Supd. |
| | | „ | | Superb | | Edw. Purcell | | 29 | Nov | 48 | | | | |
| Aldrich, R. D. | | L. | | Apollo | | William Radcliffe | | 6 | Apr | 46 | 5 | May | 47 | |
| | | „ | | Howe | | Sir James Stirling, Kt. | | 5 | May | 47 | 3 | Feb | 49 | Invd. |
| Alexander, W. C. | | L. | | Cleopatra | | Christopher Wyvill | | 19 | July | 47 | | Apr | 46 | |
| Algar, Edw. | | L. | | Britomart | | W. C. Chamberlain | | 17 | Aug | 47 | | | | |
| Alldridge, Geo. M. | | L. | | Firefly | | F. W. Beechey | | 19 | Mar | 44 | 28 | Jan | 48 | |
| | | L. | | Caledonia | | M. H. Dixon | | 16 | Oct | 47 | 28 | Jan | 48 | |
| | | „ | | San Josef | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | Sir H. J. Leeke, Sir Thomas Maitland | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 14 | Feb | 48 | 1 | Jan | 49 | |
| | | L. | | Impregnable | | Sir Thomas Maitland | | 1 | Jan | 49 | | | | |
| Alldridge, Thomas A. | | L. | | Sampson | | Thomas Henderson | | 13 | Feb | 45 | 24 | Aug | 46 | Invd. |
| Allen, Henry M. E. | | C. | | Imaum | | Daniel Pring | | 4 | Jun | 44 | 24 | Dec | 46 | Invd. |
| Alston, Edw. H. | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | L. Cr.(Ag.) | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | Pantaloon | | Self | | 12 | May | 46 | 25 | June | 46 | Supd. |
| Amphlett, Wm. | | L. | | Actaeon | | George Mansel | | 24 | Dec | 44 | 16 | Sept | 46 | Invd. |
| | | „ | | Excellent | | H. D. Cbads | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | 29 | May | 47 | 30 | June | 47 | P.O. |
| | | „ | | Excellent | | H. D. Cbads | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | 1 | July | 47 | 30 | Aug | 47 | |
| | | „ | | Asia | | R. F. Stopford | | 30 | Aug | 47 | | | | |
| Anderson, Alex. | | L. | | Samarang | | Sir E. Belcher | | 29 | July | 44 | 18 | Jan | 47 | |
| | | „ | | St. Vincent | | S. C. Dacres | | 26 | Mar | 47 | 12 | July | 48 | |
| | | „ | | Pilot | | E. M. Lyons | | 13 | July | 48 | | | | |
| Anderson, James (b) | | Cr. | | Ranger | | Self | | 14 | Dec | 44 | 3 | May | 48 | P.O. |
| Anderson, W. H. | | L. | | Stromboli | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | Rt. Hon. Lord A. W. Beauclerk | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 8 | Mar | 49 | | | | |
| Andrews, Thos. | | L. | | Raleigh | | Sir T. Herbert, K.C.B. | | 1 | Aug | 48 | 7 | Dec | 48 | |
| | | „ | | Inconstant | | John Shepherd (b) | | 7 | Dec | 48 | | | | |
| Anson, T. V. | | C. | | Eurydice | | Self | | 8 | Oct | 46 | | | | |
| Aplin, Benj. | | L. | | Acheron | | Self | | 3 | Dec | 42 | 9 | Sept | 46 | P.O. |
| | | „ | | Redwing | | Com. Thomas Bevis | | 5 | Feb | 47 | 7 | Feb | 48 | |
| | | „ | | Garland | | Self | | 7 | Feb | 48 | 14 | Mar | 49 | Supd. |
| Aplin, Elphinst., D’O. D’A. | | L. | | Excellent | | H. D. Chads | | 21 | Dec | 47 | | | | |
| Apthorp, Shirley | | L. | | Waterwitch | | Thomas F. Birch | | 24 | Aug | 45 | 19 | Dec | 45 | |
| | | „ | | Tortoise | | Arthur Morrell | | 19 | Dec | 45 | 12 | June | 46 | Invd. |
| | | „ | | Hibernia | | Peter Richards | | 22 | July | 47 | 1 | Oct | 47 | |
| | | „ | | Vindictive | | Michael Seymour | | 1 | Oct | 47 | 17 | Dec | 47 | |
| | | „ | | Daring | | William Peel | | 17 | Dec | 47 | 3 | Apr | 48 | |
| | | „ | | Imaum | | Thomas Bennett | | 3 | Apr | 48 | | Feb | 46 | D. |
| Arkwright, Aug. P. | | L. | | Trafalgar | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | John N. Nott, Charles Hope | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 17 | May | 45 | 30 | June | 48 | P.O. |
| | | „ | | Caledonia | | Thomas W. Carter | | 2 | Mar | 49 | | | | |
| Armytage, Wm. | | L. | | Vesuvius | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | G. W. D. O’Callaghan, H. G. Austen | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 24 | Mar | 45 | 14 | Sept | 48 | P.O. |
| Arnold, Jas. F. | | L. | | Ocean | | David Price | | 12 | June | 46 | 11 | Jan | 48 | |
| | | „ | | Ganges | | Ditto | | 11 | Jan | 48 | 1 | Mar | 48 | |
| | | „ | | Wellington | | Ditto | | 1 | Mar | 48 | | | | |
| Ashe, Edw. D. | | L. | | Fisgard | | John A. Duntze | | 16 | May | 43 | 8 | Oct | 47 | P.O. |
| | | „ | | Excellent | | H. D. Chads | | 5 | Feb | 48 | 4 | May | 48 | |
| | | „ | | St. Vincent | | S. C. Dacres | | 4 | May | 48 | 3 | Nov | 48 | |
| | | „ | | Daphne | | E. G. Fanshawe | | 3 | Nov | 48 | | | | ​ |
| Atkins, Chas | | L. | | Inconstant | | C. H. Fremantle | | 9 | Mar | 46 | 23 | Jan | 47 | |
| | | „ | | Albion | | Ditto | | 23 | Jan | 47 | 20 | Oct | 47 | |
| | | „ | | Hecla | | Charles Starmer | | 20 | Oct | 47 | 18 | Jan | 48 | P.O. |
| Atkinson, Thos. D. | | L. | | Caledonia | | Thomas W. Carter | | 28 | Feb | 49 | | | | |
| Austen, Alg. S. | | L. | | Carysfort | | George H. Seymour | | 13 | Dec | 45 | 8 | Sept | 47 | |
| | | „ | | Modeste | | R. J. J. G. Macdonald | | 8 | Sept | 47 | 15 | Jan | 48 | P.O. |
| Austen, Chas. J. | | L. | | Vindictive | | Michael Seymour | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | 8 | May | 46 | 18 | Jan | 47 | |
| Austen, Chas. J. | | L. | | Vindictive | | Michael Seymour | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | 18 | Jan | 47 | 7 | Jun | 48 | P.O. |
| Austen, F. W. | | L. | | Alecto | | Self | | 19 | Feb | 47 | 9 | Nov | 46 | Prom. |
| Austen, Herb. G. | | L. | | Vindictive | | Michael Seymour | | 25 | Jan | 45 | 9 | Nov | 46 | |
| | | Cr. | | Vesuvius | | Self | | 19 | Feb | 47 | 14 | Sept | 48 | P.O. |
| Austin, H. T. | | C. | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | William and Mary | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | Sir Francis A. Collier Sir Jas. J. G. Bremer | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 19 | Sept | 45 | 24 | Oct | 47 | |
| | | „ | | Fisgard | | Sir Jas. J. G. Bremer | | 24 | Oct | 47 | | | | |
| | | „ | | Blenheim | | Self | | 25 | Jan | 48 | | | | |
| Austin, Wm. | | L. | | Vulture | | John M‘Dougall (b) | | 4 | Mar | 45 | | May | 46 | |
| Aynsley, Chas. M. | | L. | | Terrible | | William Ramsey | | 10 | Dec | 45 | | | | |