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Lieutenant John Coughlan, R.N. (12 February, 1851 – 22 July, 1909) served in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Coughlan was promoted to the rank of Boatswain on 8 September, 1877.
Coughlan was promoted to the rank of Chief Boatswain on 1 April, 1896.
Coughlan was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 April, 1903.
Coughlan was appointed in command of the flatiron gunboat Tay on 10 March, 1904 to participate in the Jubilee Review. In June of that year, Tay collided with a smack. A Court of Enquiry found a "want of judgment." Having been diagnosed with neurasthenia at Plymouth Hospital, Coughlan was retired as unfit on 20 September, 1904.
See Also
Bibliography
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Preceded by William Daly |
Captain of H.M.S. Tay 10 Mar, 1904[1] – 20 Sep, 1904 |
Succeeded by Emanuel R. Grant |
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1904). p. 383.