A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Woolcombe, Frederick
WOOLCOMBE. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Frederick Woolcombe passed his examination 8 Feb. 1845; was nominated, 25 June and 23 Dec. 1846, Acting-Lieutenant, on the coast of Africa, of the Actaeon 26 and Kingfisher 12, Capts. Geo. Mansel and Fred. Wilmot Horton; and on the paying-off of the latter vessel in July, 1848, was presented with a commission bearing date 24 June, 1846. Since 4 Sept. 1848 he has been serving in the Southampton 50, as Flag-Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Barrington Reynolds, Commander-in-Chief at the Cape of Good Hope.