# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Appointments to Ships D

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APPOINTMENTS TO SHIPS. [ D ] :
| 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. |
| Dacres, J. R. | Cr. | Nimrod | | Self | | 26 | Nov | 45 | 14 | Feb | 48 | D. |
| D’Aeth, E. H. H. | L. | Brilliant | | R. B. Watson | | 11 | Mar | 46 | | | | |
| D’Aguilar, F. J. | L. | Raleigh | | S. G. Fremantle | | 2 | Sept | 47 | 17 | Feb | 48 | |
| | „ | Firebrand | | James Hope | | 17 | Feb | 48 | 24 | Feb | 48 | |
| | „ | Grecian | | L. S. Tindal | | 24 | Feb | 48 | 4 | Aug | 48 | |
| | „ | Wanderer | | F. B. Montresor | | 4 | Aug | 48 | | Dec | 48 | |
| | „ | Raleigh | | Hon. George Hope | | 7 | Dec | 48 | | | | |
| Dalton, R. H. | L. | Ocean | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | Richard Arthur David Price | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 19 | Feb | 46 | 10 | Jan | 48 | P.O. |
| | „ | Southampton | | Nicholas Cory | | 3 | Aug | 48 | | | | |
| Darby, Abraham | L. | Pigmy | | Self | | 19 | Oct | 48 | | | | |
| | „ | Medina | | Self | | 19 | Oct | 48 | | | | |
| Darnell, P. W. | L. | Hibernia | | Peter Richards, C.B. | | 20 | July | 47 | 26 | Aug | 47 | |
| | „ | Fury | | James Willcox | | 26 | Aug | 47 | | | | |
| Darell, James S. | L. | Endymion | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | G. W. C. Courtenay Hon. G. F.Hastings | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 19 | Mar | 47 | 18 | June | 48 | P.O. |
| Dashwood, F. J. | L.(Ag.) | Nimrod | | Thomas Belgrave | | 16 | Mar | 48 | | | | |
| | L. | Rosamund | | John Foote | | 2 | Sept | 48 | | | | |
| Davies, William R. | L. | Sappho | | R. C. Michell | | 24 | Feb | 49 | | | | |
| | „ | Cherokee | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | James B. Willoughby Self | | 5 17 | Dec May | 46 48 | | | | |
| Davies, Thomas (b) | L. | America | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | Hon. John Gordon Sir Thomas Maitland | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 12 | Mar | 44 | 20 | Oct | 47 | P.O. |
| | „ | Stromboli | | Lord A. Beauclerk | | 11 | Nov | 47 | 17 | Apr | 49 | Supd. |
| Davies, A. B. | L. | Daring | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | H. J. Matson William Peel | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 18 | Jun | 45 | 2 | Oct | 47 | Invd. |
| Davies, George E. | Cr. | Bulldog | | Self | | 25 | June | 46 | 4 | May | 47 | Supd. ​ |
| Dawes, D. B. | L. | Columbine | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | J. R. Booth C. C. Grey E. P. B. Von Donop John C. D. Hay | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 26 | June | 46 | | | | |
| Dawson, H. W. | L. | Collingwood | | Robert Smart, K.H. | | 1 | Mar | 47 | 20 | July | 48 | P.O. |
| Dawkins, Richard | L.(Ag.) | Imaum | | G. W. C. Courtenay | | 24 | Mar | 48 | 3 | Apr | 48 | |
| | „ | Daring | | William Peel | | 3 | Apr | 48 | 2 | Oct | 48 | P.O. |
| | „ | Rattler | | Arthur Cumming | | 13 | Feb | 49 | | | | |
| Day. George F. | L. | Excellent | | H. D. Chads | | 31 | Mar | 47 | 30 | June | 47 | P.O. |
| | „ | Ditto | | Ditto | | 1 | July | 47 | 3 | Aug | 48 | |
| | „ | Southampton | | Nicholas Cory | | 3 | Aug | 48 | | | | |
| Dayman, Joseph | L. | Rattlesnake | | Owen Stanley | | 23 | Sept | 46 | | | | |
| Deane, W. G. | L. | Persian | | Henry Coryton | | 16 | Mar | 46 | 23 | Aug | 47 | D. |
| De Blaquiere, Hon. Wm. B. | L. | Eagle | | Geo, B. Martin, C.B. | | | | | | | | |
| | „ | Ganges | | Henry Smith, C.B. | | 18 | May | 48 | | | | |
| De Courcy, Michael | Cr. | Helena | | Self | | 12 | Sept | 48 | | | | |
| De Horsey, A. F. R. | L. | Juno | | P. J. Blake | | 25 | July | 47 | 8 | Sept | 47 | |
| | „ | Modeste | | R. J. J. R. Macdonald | | 8 | Sept | 47 | 15 | Jan | 48 | P.O. |
| | „ | Arrogant | | Robert Fitzroy | | 13 | Mar | 49 | | | | |
| De Lisle | L. | Frolic | | C. B. Hamilton | | 13 | Nov | 44 | 1 | Feb | 47 | |
| | „ | Carysfort | | George H. Seymour | | 1 | Feb | 47 | 25 | Mar | 48 | P.O. |
| | „ | Cyclops | | Hon. Geo. F. Hastings | | 18 | Sept | 48 | | | | |
| Dench, C. T. | L. | Acorn | | John E. Bingham | | 20 | Jan | 45 | 8 | Aug | 48 | P.O. |
| Dennis, J. S. A. | Cr. | Phoenix | | Self | | 27 | Dec | 45 | 4 | Sept | 47 | P.O. |
| Dent, E. F. | L.(Ag.) | Agincourt | | W. J. H. Johnstone | | 14 | Aug | 46 | | | | |
| | L. | Ditto | | Ditto | | 16 | Oct | 46 | 30 | Jan | 47 | Invd. |
| | „ | Frolic | | Nicholas Vansittart | | 8 | June | 48 | | | | |
| Derriman, S. H. | L. | Salamander | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | A. S. Hamond S. H. Ricketts | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 23 | Sept | 44 | 19 | Apr | 47 | P.O. |
| De Vere, W. C. | L. | Collingwood | | Robert Smart, K.H. | | 4 | Dec | 46 | 20 | July | 48 | P.O. |
| | „ | Racer | | C. H. Beddoes | | 28 | Feb | 49 | | | | |
| Dew, Roderick | L. | Sampson | | Thomas Henderson | | 20 | Nov | 46 | 9 | Dec | 48 | P.O. |
| Dewes, G. B. | L. | Espiègle | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | Thomas P. Thompson Edward A. Inglefield F. A. Campbell | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 9 | Sept | 44 | 3 | Feb | 49 | P.O. |
| D’Eyncourt, E. C. T. | Cr. | Comus | | Self | | 17 | Nov | 46 | 18 | Oct | 48 | P.O. |
| Dicken, H. P. | L. | Seagull | | Self | | 8 | Apr | 45 | 1 | Dec | 47 | |
| Dickens, Samuel T. | L. | Apollo | | William Radcliffe | | 4 | Mar | 47 | 11 | Mar | 47 | |
| | „ | Rattler | | Richard Moorman | | 11 | Mar | 47 | 13 | Sept | 47 | P.O. |
| | „ | Reynard | | Peter Cracroft | | 8 | July | 48 | | | | |
| Dickens, T. S. | L.(Ag.) | Electra | | F. W. P. Bouverie | | 18 | Apr | 48 | 9 | Mar | 49 | P.O. |
| Dickson, John B. | L. | Queen | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | Sir J. J. G. Bremer H. W. Bruce | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 24 | Apr | 46 | 23 | Dec | 47 | |
| | Cr. | Caledonia | | Thomas W. Carter | | 4 | Feb | 48 | | | | |
| Didham, C. J. | L.(Ag.) | Cleopatra | | Christopher Wyvill | | 28 | July | 46 | | | | |
| | L. | Ditto | | Ditto | | 2 | Dec | 44 | 27 | Mar | 47 | P.O. |
| | „ | Sealark | | Will. B. Monypenny | | 15 | Dec | 47 | | | | |
| Diggens, F. J. | L. | Hibernia | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | Peter Richards, C.B. Charles Wise | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 4 | Mar | 45 | | | | |
| Dirom, James | L. | Albion | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | Nich. Lockyer, C.B. Charles Wise C. H. Fremantle | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 9 | Nov | 43 | 22 | Jan | 48 | P.O. |
| Dixon, M. H. | C. | Caledonia | | Self | | 22 | May | 45 | 27 | Jan | 48 | P.O. |
| Dixon, Edward | Cr. | Rapid | | Self | | 19 | Mar | 47 | 20 | Jan | 49 | P.O. |
| Dixson, Benjamin | L. | Ocean | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | Richard Arthur David Price | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 13 | July | 44 | 21 | July | 47 | |
| Dolling, S. B. | L. | San Josef | | Sir H. J. Leeke | | 6 | Dec | 48 | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | For service in Nautilus. | For service in Nautilus. | For service in Nautilus. |
| | „ | Impregnable | | Sir Thomas Maitland | | 1 | Jan | 49 | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | For service in Nautilus. | For service in Nautilus. | For service in Nautilus. |
| Dornford, J. J. | L. | Scout | | William Loring | | 8 | Jan | 46 | 24 | Oct. | 47 | D. |
| Dorville, John W. | L. | Juno | | P. J. Blake | | 27 | Sept | 45 | 10 | July | 47 | |
| | „ | Grampus | | H. B. Martin | | 10 | July | 47 | 20 | Oct | 48 | P.O. |
| Douglas, H. J. | Cr. | Pantaloon | | Self | | 29 | June | 46 | 17 | Feb | 48 | P.O. |
| Douglas, Hon. J. H. | L. | Hibernia | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | Peter Richards, C.B. Charles Wise | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 11 | Mar | 45 | | | | |
| Douglas, S. F. | L. | Hibernia | | Peter Richards, C.B. | | 1 | Oct | 45 | Lent to Geyser. | Lent to Geyser. | Lent to Geyser. | Lent to Geyser. |
| | „ | Geyser | | E. J. Carpenter | | 1 | Oct | 45 | Lent to Hecla. | Lent to Hecla. | Lent to Hecla. | Lent to Hecla. |
| | „ | Hecla | | John Duffill | | 21 | Oct | 45 | Lent to Siren. | Lent to Siren. | Lent to Siren. | Lent to Siren. |
| | „ | Siren | | Thomas Chaloner | | | | | 22 | Jan | 47 | |
| | „ | Prometheus | | John Hay | | 22 | Jan | 47 | 2 | Sept | 47 | P.O. |
| | „ | Wellesley | | George Goldsmith | | 7 | Jan | 48 | | | | |
| Douglas, A. H. | L. | Snake | | Thomas B. Brown | | 21 | Aug | 46 | 28 | Apr | 47 | Resig. |
| Douglas, W. G. | L. | Geyser | | F. T. Brown | | 2 | Nov | 46 | | | | |
| Dowell, W. M. | L. | Excellent | | H. D. Chads | | 21 | Apr | 48 | 5 | Apr | 49 | ​ |
| Doyle, Arthur | L. | Actaeon | | George Mansel | | 1 | July | 46 | 2 | May | 47 | |
| Drummond, Edgar A. | L. | Daedalus | | Peter M‘Quhae | | 13 | Nov | 46 | 2 | May | 47 | |
| Drury, Byron | Cr. | Shearwater | | C. G. Robinson | | 28 | Feb | 46 | 9 | Oct | 47 | |
| | „ | San Josef | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | Sir Henry Leeke C. G. Robinson | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 9 | Oct | 47 | | Apr | 48 | |
| | „ | Impregnable | | Sir Thomas Maitland | | 1 | June | 49 | | | | |
| Dumaresq, Henry | Cr. | Seaflower | | Self | | 12 | Nov | 46 | 15 | Sept | 47 | |
| | „ | Kite | | Self | | 15 | Sept | 47 | 17 | Dec | 47 | |
| | „ | Cuckoo | | Self | | 17 | Dec | 47 | | | | |
| Dunbar, James A. | L. | Geyser | | F. T. Brown | | 11 | Dec | 46 | | | | |
| Dunbar, C. S. | L. | Iris | | G. R. Mundy | | 29 | Mar | 45 | 1 | Apr | 47 | |
| | „ | Excellent | | H. D. Chads | | 24 | Nov | 47 | 1 | Mar | 48 | |
| | „ | Ganges | | Henry Smith, C.B. | | 1 | Mar | 48 | | | | |
| Dundas, A. A. D. | L. | Modeste | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | T. V. Watkins R. J. J. Macdonald | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 20 | Jan | 47 | 15 | Jan | 48 | P.O. |
| | „ | Arrogant | | Robert FitzRoy | | 13 | Mar | 49 | | | | |
| Dundas, Hon. R. S. | C. | Powerful | | Self | | 25 | Jan | 48 | | | | |
| Dunlap, A. R. | L. | Acheron | | Self | | 10 | Sept | 46 | 13 | Oct | 47 | P.O. |
| | „ | Ocean | | John H. Nott | | 21 | Jan | 48 | 2 | May | 48 | |
| | „ | Zephyr | | Self | | 2 | May | 48 | 7 | July | 48 | |
| | „ | Ocean | | George Elliot | | 7 | July | 48 | 24 | Nov | 48 | |
| Dunlop, Hugh | Cr. | Alert | | Self | | 25 | Oct | 47 | | | | |
| Dunn, Nicholas J.C. | Cr. | Rl. Sovereign | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | G. T. Falcon Peter Richards, C.B. | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 13 | June | 45 | 30 | Dec | 48 | |
| Dunn, M. B. | L. | Vernon | | John C. Fitzgerald | | 9 | Apr | 47 | 16 | Dec | 47 | |
| | L. | Melampus | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | J. N. Campbell, C.B. Thomas H. Mason | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 16 | Dec | 47 | | | | |
| Dunsterville, John | L. | Snake | | T. B. Brown | | 14 | Feb | 46 | 8 | Mar | 48 | P.O. |
| Duntze, John A. | C. | Fisgard | | Self | | 13 | May | 43 | 6 | Oct | 47 | P.O. |
| Durbin, George | L. | Agincourt | | W. J. H. Johnstone | | 6 | Apr | 46 | 15 | Jan | 47 | |
| | „ | Daedalus | | Peter M‘Quhae | | 15 | Jan | 47 | 13 | Oct | 48 | P.O. |
| Dyke, P. H. | Cr. | Flying Fish | | Self | | 19 | May | 46 | 1847 | 1847 | 1847 | Supd. |
| Dyke, Charles | L. | Fisgard | | John A. Duntze | | 16 | May | 43 | 8 | Oct | 47 | P.O. |
| | „ | Crocodile | | Samuel R. Protheroe | | 17 | Jan | 48 | | | | |