Michael de Courcy (1811-1881)

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Michael de Courcy

NationalityBritish
RolesNaval Sailor
Date of Birth8.5.1811PEER
First Known Service5.2.1824PEER
FatherNBD1849
Father-in-LawWilliam BlennerhassetNBD1849
MotherCatherine BlennerhassetNBD1849
GrandfatherNBD1849
BrotherNevinson Willoughby de Courcy RMNBD1849
Last Known Service3.4.1865PEER
Date of Death22.10.1881PEER

Event History

Date from	Date to	Event	Source
5.2.1824		Entered the Navy	NBD1849
1830		Passed the Lieutenant's Examination	NBD1849
28.6.1838		Lieutenant	NBD1849
20.9.1838	4.3.1841	Racer (16) 1833-1852 British 16 Gun Unrated Sloop , Lieutenant	NBD1849
4.3.1841	13.7.1844	Charybdis (10) 1813-1843 British 10 Gun Unrated Sloop , Lieutenant, and Commanding Officer	NBD1849
12.2.1842		Commander	NBD1849
13.7.1844		Obtained employment in the Coast Guard	NBD1849
2.9.1848	30.11.1851	Helena (16) 1843-1921 British 16 Gun Unrated Sloop , Commander, and Commanding Officer	W033
16.7.1857		Commissioned as commander of the Screw corvette Pylades (21) at Sheerness	W033
30.7.1861		Pylades (21) was paid off	W033
4.1864	3.4.1865	Royal George (89) 1853-1875 British 89 Gun 1st Rate Screw Ship of the Line , Captain, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1817

Notes on Officer

Honoured with an IslandW033
De Courcy Island, in the Northumberland Channel off the east coast of central Vancouver Island is namen after him (he charted these waters in Pylades from 1859 to 1861)

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1817Rif Winfield, Book

NBD1849O'Brien, Digital Book

PEERVarious, Web Site

W033Ronald Deschenes, Web Site

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