A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Day, George Fiott
DAY. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
George Fiott Day passed his examination 10 Nov. 1838; and from 1839, until the receipt of his commission, 13 Dec. 1845, served in the Mediterranean, as Mate of the Benbow 72, Capt. Houston Stewart, and of the Queen 110, and Formidable 84, flag-ships of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen. While in the Benbow, he commanded that ship’s barge, and had 4 men wounded in the attack on the town of Tortosa, 25 Sept. 1840,[1] and was present at the ensuing bombardment of St. Jean d’Acre. He served for a few months after his promotion in the Bittern 16, Capt. Thos. Hope, off the coast of Africa; but is at present on half-pay.
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1840, p. 2607.