A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Wood, Granville Hamilton
WOOD. (Commander, 1846.)
Granville Hamilton Wood entered the Navy (from the Royal Naval College) 21 June, 1832; passed his examination 22 March, 1837; and at the period of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 17 Aug. 1841, had been for some time employed as Mate in the Electra 18, Capt. Edw. Beeves Philip Mainwaring. From 23 Aug. 1841 until paid off in 1845 he served in the Cambrian 36, Capt. Henry Ducie Chads, in the East Indies. He attained the rank he now holds 14 Jan. 1846; and since 29 June in the same year has been in command of the Hound 8 on the African and North America and West India stations. While the Hound was fitting at Sheerness, a sailor having fallen overboard, Commander Wood, who from his cabin witnessed the accident, sprang on deck and, without taking off any of his uniform, precipitated himself into the sea and succeeded in saving the man’s life.