john, mccrea, royal, navy, officer, rear, admiral, john, dobree, mccrea, march, 1829, march, 1883, royal, navy, officer, became, admiral, superintendent, malta, dockyard, john, mccreaborn26, march, 1829torpoint, cornwalldied19, march, 1883, 1883, aged, allegia. Rear Admiral John Dobree McCrea 26 March 1829 19 March 1883 was a Royal Navy officer who became admiral superintendent of Malta Dockyard John McCreaBorn26 March 1829Torpoint CornwallDied19 March 1883 1883 03 20 aged 53 Allegiance United KingdomService wbr branch Royal NavyRankRear admiralCommands heldHMS FavouriteHMS Prince ConsortHMS BellerophonHMS TriumphMalta DockyardNaval career editPromoted to captain on 15 April 1862 McCrea became commanding officer of the corvette HMS Favourite in November 1867 commanding officer of the second rate HMS Prince Consort in February 1871 commanding officer of the ironclad battleship HMS Bellerophon in November 1871 and commanding officer of the battleship HMS Triumph in March 1873 1 He went on to be Naval Officer in Charge at Gibraltar in January 1874 and having been promoted to rear admiral on 30 December 1877 2 he became admiral superintendent of Malta Dockyard in June 1879 and admiral superintendent of Portsmouth Dockyard in May 1882 3 References edit Captains commanding Royal Navy Warships PDF Archived from the original PDF on 14 July 2015 Retrieved 2 February 2015 John Dobree McCrea William Loney Retrieved 2 February 2015 Senior Royal Navy appointments PDF Archived from the original PDF on 15 March 2012 Retrieved 2 February 2015 Military officesPreceded byWilliam Luard Admiral Superintendent Malta Dockyard1879 1882 Succeeded byWilliam Graham Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John McCrea Royal Navy officer amp oldid 1138112867, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
