A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Sibbald, John
SIBBALD. (Commander, 1843.)
John Sibbald entered the Navy 5 Sept. 1821; passed his examination in 1828; obtained his iirst commission 10 Jan. 1837; and on 12 of the same month was nominated Additional Lieutenant of the Thalia 46, flag-ship of Sir Patrick Campbell at the Cape of Good Hope, where he remained upwards of 12 months. He was next, 3 Aug. 1833, appointed to the Edinburgh 72, Capt. Wm. Wilmott Henderson, employed at Portsmouth and on the North America and West India station; and, from 13 Aug. 1839 until advanced on his return home to the rank of Commander 4 Oct. 1843, he served as Second and First Lieutenant in the Erebus bomb, Capt. Jas. Clark Ross, on a voyage of discovery to the Antarctic seas. He has since been on half-pay. Agents – Goode and Lawrence.