A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Kane, Colin Campbell A.
KANE. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Colin Campbell A. Kane entered the Navy 5 Sept. 1834; passed his examination 3 Oct. 1840; and, while Mate of the Conway 26, Capt. Chas. Ramsay Drinkwater Bethune, was employed in the operations of May, 1841, against Canton, where he landed and assisted at the destruction of the whole line of defences, extending about two miles from the British factory, and mounting in the whole 64 pieces of cannon.[1] He assumed the rank of Lieutenant 8 Oct. 1841, and was afterwards appointed – 22 Oct. 1842, to the Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Sir David Milne at Plymouth – 14 Feb. 1843, to the Thunderer 84, Capt. Dan. Pring, employed on particular service – 4 May, 1843, to the Lily 16, Capt. Geo. Baker, at the Cape of Good Hope – in 1843-4, to the Cornwallis 72, and Agincourt 72, flag-ships of Sir Wm. Parker and Sir Thos. John Cochrane on the East India station – and, 9 June, 1845, as First, to the Osprey 12, Capt. Fred. Patten, in which vessel he was wrecked on the western coast of New Zealand in March, 1846.
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1841, p. 2512.