A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Palmer, John
PALMER. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
John Palmer entered the Navy 24 Nov. 1825; passed his examination 6 Jan. 1832; and at the period of his promotion to his present rank, which took place 26 Aug. 1841, was serving, as Mate, in the Southampton 50, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Durnford King at the Cape of Good Hope. His appointments have since been – 30 Aug. 1841, again to the Southampton – 10 March, 1843, to the Rose 18, Capts. Henry Rich. Sturt and Rich. Wilson Pelly, fitting for the North America and West India station, whence he returned home and was paid off at the close of 1846 – and, 12 Oct. 1847, as Additional-Lieutenant, to the Vindictive 50, bearing the flag of Sir Fras. Wm. Austen, Chief in North America and the West Indies, where he is now employed on Surveying-service.