A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Douglas, Colin
DOUGLAS. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Colin Douglas passed his examination 4 July, 1838; was appointed Mate, in 1843, of the Larne 18, Capt. John Wm. Douglas Brisbane, off the coast of Africa; removed, in 1845, to the Tortoise store-ship, Capt. Arthur Morrell, at Ascension; was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 15 Jan. 1846; joined, 4 March following, the Wanderer 12, Capt. Philip Hodge Somerville, fitting at Portsmouth; and from 23 April, until Aug. in the same year, was employed in the East Indies on board the Childers 12, Capt. John Chas. Pitman. He has since been on half-pay.