A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Read, Offley Malcolm Crewe
READ. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Offley Malcolm Crewe Read passed his examination 9 April, 1844; and after serving as Mate, on the coast of Africa, in the Sealark 10, Capt. Thos. Lewis Gooch, Growler steam-sloop, Capt. Claude Henry Mason Buckle, and Penelope steam-frigate. Commodore Wm. Jones, was there, 21 Jan. 1846, nominated Acting-Lieutenant of the Hydra steam-sloop, Capt. Horatio Beauman Young. He went back, 1 July following, to the Sealark, in the capacity last mentioned, and continued employed in her under Capt. Rich. Dunning White, until the close of 1847. His commission bears date 9 Nov. 1846.