A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Quin, Richard Robert
QUIN. (Commander, 1846.)
Richard Robert Quin entered the Navy 7 May, 1834; passed his examination 9 July, 1840; and for his services as Mate of the Conway 26, Capt. Chas. Ramsay Drinkwater Bethune, on the coast of China, particularly at the capture of Canton,[1] was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 8 June, 1841. His appointments in the latter capacity were – 10 March, 1842, to the Belvidera 38, Capt. Hon. Geo. Grey, in the Mediterranean – and, 30 May, 1844, to the Collingwood 80, hearing the flag of Sir Geo. Fras. Seymour in the Pacific. He attained his present rank 9 Nov. 1846.
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1841, p. 1505.