A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Ross, John Francis
ROSS. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
John Francis Ross served on shore, while Midshipman of the Benbow 72, Capt. Houston Stewart, in the attack upon Tortosa 2.5 Sept. 1840,[1] and assisted, as Mate of the same ship, at the bombardment of St. Jean d’Acre 3 Nov. following. He was subsequently, until promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, 19 Feb. 1846, employed, on the Mediterranean and African stations, in the Devastation steamer, Capt. Hastings Reginald Henry, Penelope steam-frigate, Commodore Wm. Jones, Tortoise store-ship, Capt. Arthur Morrell, and Espoir 10, Capt. Geo. Sumner Hand. He was re-appointed to the Penelope, in the capacity of Additional-Lieutenant, 21 Feb. 1846; he became First, in the course of the same year, of the Rolla 10, Capts. John Simpson and Hugh Myddleton Ellicombe, also on the coast of Africa; and since 31 March, 1848, he has been serving, again as Additional, in the Hibernia 104, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker in the Mediterranean.
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1840, p. 2607.