A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Carroll, John Fitzgerald
CARROLL. (Lieutenant, 1837.)
John Fitzgerald Carroll died in 1846. He was youngest son of the late Lieut.-Col. John Carroll.
This oflcer entered the Navy 1 May, 1823; passed his examination in 1829; served for some time, as Mate, on board the Columbine steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commander Benj. Aplin, on the Falmouth station; and obtained his commission 10 Jan. 1837. His subsequent appointments were – 23 Feb. in the same year, to the Minden 74, Capt. Alex. Renton Sharpe, employed off Lisbon and in the Mediterranean – 15 Sept. 1840, as First-Lieutenant, to the Hecate steam-vessel, Capt. Jas. Hamilton Ward, on the latter station – and, 11 June, 1845, and 3 March, 1846, in a similar capacity, to the Styx steam-sloop, Capt. Wm. Windham Hornby, and Actaeon 26, Capt. Geo. Mansel, in which vessels he successively served until the period of his death. Agent – J. Hinxman.