A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Spettigue, Coryndon
SPETTIGUE. (Commander, 1838.)
Coryndon Spettigue died about the commencement of 1847.
This officer entered the Navy 20 April, 1812; passed his examination in 1819; obtained his first commission 17 March, 1826; served from 6 Nov. 1832 until 1837 in the Revenge 78, Capts. Hon. Donald Hugh Mackay and Wm. Elliott, on the Lisbon and Mediterranean stations; and from 25 July in the latter year until promoted to the rank of Commander 27 Dec. 1838, was employed as First-Lieutenant, at Home, again off Lisbon, and in North America and the West Indies, in the Edinburgh 72, Capt. Wm. Wilmott Henderson. He filled an appointment in the Coast Guard from 23 June, 1840, until 1845.