A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Corbett, John
CORBETT. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
John Corbett served in the Carysfort 26, Capt. Henry Byam Martin, throughout the operations of 1840 on the coast of Syria, Including the bombardment of St. Jean d’Acre; and was present at the blockade of Alexandria. He passed his examination 1 June, 1842; was appointed, in 1843, to the Queen 110, bearing the flag in the Mediterranean of Sir Edw. W. C. R. Owen, to whom he afterwards, in the Formidable 84, officiated as Signal Mate; and while serving as Senior of the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Henry Ducie Chads, was promoted to the rank he now holds 4 May, 1846. He is still employed in the Excellent.