A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Sanders, Edwin William
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SANDERS. (Lieutenant, 1840.)
Edwin William Sanders entered the Navy 11 Dec. 1828; and for his services on the coast of Syria, including the bombardment of St. Jean d’Acre, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 4 Nov. 1840. His succeeding appointments were – 15 Dec. 1840, to the Bellerophon 80, Capt. Chas. John Austen, in the Mediterranean – 13 Aug. 1841, a few weeks after the latter ship had been paid off, to the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings – 18 Dec. 1841, to the Indus 78, Capt. Sir Jas. Stirling, again in the Mediterranean, whence he returned in 1844 – 5 Feb. 1845, to the Rodney 92, Capt. Edw. Collier, with whom he served on the Home station until superseded in the following Sept. – and, 24 Aug. 1846, as First, to the Bulldog steam-sloop, Capt. Geo. Evan Davis, fitting at Devonport. He has been on half-pay since the early part of 1847. Agent – Joseph Woodhead.
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