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| Archibald McMurdo R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Son of Lieutenant-Colonel M'Murdo | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 24 September 1812 | Born | ||
| McMurdo Sound, at the junction of the Ross Sea and Ross Ice Shelf between Ross Island and Victoria Land on the Antarctic mainland was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross (Erebus) in February 1841 and named for McMurdo | |||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 6 October 1824 | Entered Navy | ||
| 15 November 1836 | Lieutenant | ||
| 4 October 1843 | Commander | ||
| 18 September 1851 | Captain | ||
| 24 May 1867 | Retired Rear-Admiral | ||
| 29 May 1873 | Retired Vice-Admiral | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 23 November 1836 | 1837 | Lieutenant in Terror, commanded by George Back, discovery voyage to the north of Hudson's Bay | |
| 2 February 1838 | 27 October 1838 | Lieutenant in Volage, commanded by Henry Smith. East Indies (until invalided) | |
| 23 August 1839 | August 1842 | Lieutenant in Terror, commanded by Francis Rawdon Moira Crozier, discovery voyage in the Antarctic, together with Erebus (Captain James Clark Ross) | |
| 11 June 1846 | Commander in Contest, west coast of Africa | ||
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