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ADMIRALTY, APRIL 12.The undermentioned captains and commander have been placed on the retired list of their rank from the 31st March, 1866, under the provisions of her Majesty's orders in council of the 1st August, 1860, 9th July, 1864, and 24th March, 1866:—Captain Gilbert Brydone Rutherford, Captain Byron Drury, Captain Richard Moorman, Captain Samuel Hoskins Derrinun, Captain George Pechell Mends,Captain Willoughby J^n Lake, Captain John Francis Campbell Mackenzie, Commander Joseph SparkhalLRundle.Lieutenant Charles James Brown rigg to be commander fn her Majesty’s fleet, with seniority from 9th inst. Lieutenant Henry Craven St. John; in command of her Majesty’s gunboat Opossum, has been this day promoted to the rank of commander in her Majesty’s fleet, in consideration of the skill and judgment displayed by him in effecting the destruction of a large piratical force of Chinese junks, without lo*s in the attack and capture.ADMIRALTY, April 13.Mr. Frederick Thomas has this day been promoted to the rank of boatswain of the second class, for gallantry in action against pirates.
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London Daily News
London, Middlesex, GB
Sat, Apr 14, 1866
Page 6
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