A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Newcomen, George
NEWCOMEN. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
George Newcomen entered the Navy 5 Aug. 1831; passed his examination 27 Aug. 1838; and at the period of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 29 Aug. 1842, had been serving for some time in the Mediterranean as Mate of the Weasel 10, Lieut.-Commander Wm. Edmonstone. His succeeding appointments were - 12 Sept 1842 as Additional, to the Queen 110, flag-ship of Sir Edw. W. C. R Owen, also in the Mediterranean – 24 June, 1843, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings – 5 March, 1844, again as Additional, to the Agincourt 72, bearing the flag of Sir Thos. John Cochrane in the East Indies, whence he returned at the close of 1845 – 20 March, 1846, to the Devastation steam-sloop, Capt. Sir Chas. Hotham, fitting for the coast of Africa – and, 3 Aug. 1846, to the Satellite 18, Capt. Robt. Hibbert Bartholomew Rowley, which vessel was paid off in 1847, on her arrival home from the S.E. coast of America. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.