A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Stanfell, Francis Henry
STANFELL. (Lieutenant, 1840.)
Francis Henry Stanfell entered the Navy 4 Nov. 1824; passed his examination in 1831; and as a reward for his services on the coast of Syria, where he formed one of the landing party in the attack upon Tortosa,[1] was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 5 Nov. 1840. His succeeding appointments were – 15 Dec. 1840, 27 Aug. 1842, and 21 Dec. 1843, to the Benbow 72, Capt. Houston Stewart, Orestes 18, Capts. Hon. Swynfen Thos. Carnegie, John Jas. Robinson, and Edw. St. Leger Cannon, and Indus 78, Capt. Sir Jas. Stirling, all on the Mediterranean station – and, 4 Feb. 1845 (several months after the Indus had been paid off), to the Vanguard 80, Capts. Geo. Wickens Willes and Geo. Fred. Rich, with whom he was for upwards of three years employed in the Channel and again in the Mediterranean.
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1840, p. 2607.