A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Macdougall, John
MACDOUGALL. (Commander, 1846.)
John Macdougall passed his examination in 1831; obtained his first commission 30 April, 1837; assumed command, 12 Sept. following, of the Dolphin 3, on the coast of Africa; and served from 18 July, 1838, until paid off in the summer of 1846, the last five years as First-Lieutenant., in the Pique 36, Capts. Edw. Boxer, Rich. Augustus Yates, Henry Forbes, and Hon. Montagu Stopford, on the North America and West India, Mediterranean, and again on the North America and West India stations. During the Syrian operations of 1840 he assisted at the capture of the towns of Caiffa and Tsour (at the former of which places he was severely wounded by the discharge of one of the enemy’s guns at the moment he was in the act of striking it[1]), and was also present at the bombardment of St. Jean d’Acre. He attained the rank of Commander 28 July, 1846.
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1840, p. 2601.