John McCrea (Royal Navy officer)

John McCrea
Born	26 March 1829 Torpoint, Cornwall
Died	19 March 1883 (aged 53)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Rank	Rear Admiral
Commands held	HMS Favourite HMS Prince Consort HMS Bellerophon HMS Triumph Malta Dockyard

Rear Admiral John Dobree McCrea (26 March 1829 – 19 March 1883) was a Royal Navy officer who became Admiral Superintendent of Malta Dockyard.

Naval career

Promoted 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 1973.^[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

1. "Captains commanding Royal Navy Warships" (PDF). Retrieved 2 February 2015.
2. "John Dobree McCrea". William Loney. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
3. "Senior Royal Navy appointments" (PDF). Retrieved 2 February 2015.