A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Durbin, George
DURBIN. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
George Durbin passed his examination 10 May, 1839; and after officiating for some time as Mate of the Alfred 50, bearing the broad pendant in South America of Commodore John Brett Purvis, was appointed, 26 June, 1844, to the Vestal 26, Capt. Chas. Talbot, on the East India station. For his conduct in command of the cutter belonging to that frigate, at the capture and destruction, 19 Aug. 1845, of Maloodo, a strong fortification in the possession of Scheriff Osman, a rebel Borneo chieftain, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant by commission dated 6 April, 1846.[1] He has been since serving in the Agincourt 72, flag-ship of Sir Thos. John Cochrane.
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1845, p. 6536.