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Victorian Naval Forces Muster

for the Colony of Victoria. (muster range 1853-1910)*

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Last Name:Spargo(e)
First Name:James
Rank:Able Seaman
Birth Date: 00-00-1834
Branch:Victorian Navy

James Spargo

aka James Spargoe

Able Seaman / Constable

1860 - 24 yrs 5ft 9ins, Hazel eyes, Brown hair, Bronzed complexion, C of E, single, English, recently appointed.

Cumulative Index on members of Water Police Williamstown, Victorian Naval Forces etc with sources. Collected by Ada Ackerly, Directory Williamstown Museum, commencing 1986.

"In May 1859, while getting underway at Port Albert, Lieutenant Charles Gascoyne noticed 24 year old Constable James Spargoe had been drinking. He was using bad language and seemed in danger of falling overboard. He was repeatedly ordered below. Gascoyne reported that Spargoe emerged on deck after five minutes and said 'Mr Gascoyne you are not in the bloody [Royal] Navy now', and shhok his fist in the officer's face. Gascoyne then walked forward. 'He followed me with both his fists closed and grinding his teeth'. Spargoe was dismissed."

 Article in Journal of Police History, vol. 3 no. 1, March - May 1995 by Ian MacFarlane.

* 1853 is given as the commencement date for the Victorian Navy as this is the year that Commander Lockyer (RN) went to Britain to superintend the building of HMCS Victoria.
Although the Victorian Navy ended in 1901 the career of Cerbeus etc continued. In 1910 the new ships started arriving & manning levels increased.

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