Early Life
John Bythesea was born on 15 June 1827 in Freshford, Somerset, the son of Rev. George Bythesea.
He entered the Royal Navy in 1841, and was promoted to Lieutenant on 12 June 1849.
On 22 June 1850, he was posted to the 46-gun screw-frigate HMS Arrogant commanded by Captain Robert Spencer Robinson, Lisbon. He stayed with the Arrogant when she was recommissioned at Portsmouth by Captain Stephen Greville Fremantle on 27 September 1852. Fremantle was succeeded by Captain Hastings Yelverton on 24 October 1853. She served in the Baltic in 1854 in the Crimean War.
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