A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Rolland, William Rue
ROLLAND. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
William Rue Rolland entered the Navy 13 Jan. 1832; passed his examination 16 Feb. 1838; and for his services as Mate of the Blonde 42, Capt. Thos. Bourchier, during the war in China (where he assisted, and was mentioned as “a young officer of much promise,” at the capture of Amoy, landed at the taking of Chinghae, and aided in towing several fire-vessels clear of H.M. shipping in the Ningpo river[1]), was presented with a commission bearing date 8 Oct. 1841. His appointments have since been – 25 Sept. 1842, to the Pylades 18, Capt. Louis Symonds Tindal, in the East Indies, whence he returned to England and was paid off at the close of 1843 – 9 Sept. 1844, to the Daring 12, Capt. Henry Jas. Matson, on the Home station – 9 Dec. 1845, to the Alarm 26, Capts. Chas. Colville Frankland and Granville Gower Loch, of which ship, attached to the force in North America and the West Indies, he became First-Lieutenant – and 22 March, 1848, in the capacity last mentioned, to the Sidon steam-frigate of 560 horse-power, Capt. Wm. Honyman Henderson, now in the Mediterranean. Agent – John P. Muspratt.
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1842, pp. 84, 396, 2388.