A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Courtenay, Richard William
COURTENAY. (Lieutenant, 1844.)
Richard William Courtenay entered the Navy in 1833; passed his examination 4 Sept. 1839; served for nearly five years in the Mediterranean as Mate of the Edinburgh 72, Capt. Wm. Wilmott Henderson, and Malabar 72, Capt. Sir Geo. Rose Sartorius; and, on 30 Nov. 1844, was promoted to his present rank, when on the point of sailing for the East Indies in the Osprey 12, Capt. Fred. Patten. He has been employed in the Mediterranean since 24 Dec. in the same year, on board the Fantome 16, Capts. Sir Fred. Wm. Erskine Nicholson and Thos. Philip Le Hardy.