A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hornby, Frederick John

by William Richard O'Byrne

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HORNBY. (Lieutenant, 1846.)

Frederick John Hornby passed his examination 5 May, 1841; and, until March, 1845, was employed, as Mate, in the Belleisle 72, and Vindictive 50, both commanded by Capt. John Toup Nicolas, Magnificent 72, Commodore Hon. Henry Dilkes Byng, and Formidable 84, Capts. Sir Chas. Sullivan and Geo. Fred. Rich, flag-ship for some time of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen – on the Home, Jamaica, and Mediterranean stations. He has been since serving in the Terror discovery-ship, Capt. Fras. Rawdon Moira Crozier, in an attempt to ascertain the existence of a north-west passage through Lancaster Sound and Bering Strait. His commission bears date 21 May, 1846.

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