A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Sullivan, Charles (b)
SULLIVAN. (Lieutenant, 1844.)
Charles Sullivan entered the Navy in 1832; passed his examination 5 Feb. 1840; served at Portsmouth and in the Mediterranean as Mate in the Excellent gunnery-ship, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings, and Formidable 84, Capt. Sir Chas. Sullivan; and obtained his commission 22 Aug. 1844. His succeeding appointments were – 28 Aug. 1844, again, as Additional-Lieutenant, to the Formidable – 7 Sept. following, to the Snake 16, Capt. Hon. Walter Bourchier Devereux, in the Mediterranean – and, 17 Dec. 1845, to the Superb 80, Capt. Armar Lowry Corry. In the latter ship he was employed on the Home and Mediterranean stations until the spring of 1848.