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  • ...9, and in February 1860 he was promoted commander in command of the paddle-sloop ''Vixen'' on the China station. He brought home and paid off this vessel in ...was appointed commodore and senior officer on the West Coast of Africa, {{UK-2Boadicea|f=p}}.
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  • ...rved with the Baltic fleet from January 1855 to February 1856 in the steam sloop Desperate. He was then appointed to command the gunboat Haughty, and reache ...he was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Military Division of the Third Class, or Companion, of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.) on 29 May, 1
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  • ...dbot:officeAdmSuper otitle="Admiral Superintendent, Chatham Dockyard" nat="UK"> ...e="Deputy Superintendent and King's Harbour Master, Chatham Dockyard" nat="UK">
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  • ...On 17 October, 1883, he was appointed Acting {{LieutRN}} to the gunboat {{UK-1Flirt}} on the Cape station. He was formally promoted to the rank of Lieut ...S.S. ''Cuzco'', arriving back on 9 June. He was appointed to the cruiser {{UK-1Mersey}} for the annual manœuvres from 4 July to 22 August, then com
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  • On 29 August, 1881, he was appointed to the battleship {{UK-2Achilles}} in the [[Channel Squadron (Royal Navy)|Channel Squadron]]. He He was appointed to the corvette {{UK-1Sapphire}} on 18 January, 1883.
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  • The '''First Sloop Flotilla''' was a formation of [[Sloop|sloops]] of the [[Royal Navy]]. ...sh naval history, however — the next flotilla created would be the {{UK-SloopF|10}}, in February, 1916.
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  • ...pass, and in May obtained a Third Class pass in Torpedo work and a Second Class pass in Gunnery work in August. ...rigade for garrison duties in Upper Egypt and as first lieutenant of the {{UK-Dolphin}}, served with the Eastern Sudan field force, being chosen by the G
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  • ...remain in his blood, as on 8 August, 1882, he was appointed Commander of {{UK-Vernon}}.{{NLDec84|p. 258}} Durnford was appointed in command of the composite-hulled sloop ''Mariner'' on 19 March, 1885.{{NLOct86|p. 222}}
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  • ...] on 28 November, 1890. Subsequently he was appointed to the battleship {{UK-1Dreadnought}} on 24 November. ...UK-1Crescent}}. He was then given command of the torpedo boat destroyer {{UK-1Decoy}} in the [[Devonport Flotilla]].
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  • ...es Miraflores] in 1881. In May, 1883 he received command of the composite sloop ''Miranda'' on the Australian Station, and among his other duties on that s ...adron (Royal Navy)|Training Squadron]]. He afterwards commanded the first-class cruiser [[H.M.S. Edgar (1890)|''Edgar'']] in the Mediterranean before takin
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  • ...was appointed Acting {{SubRN}}. On 23 January, 1880 he received a Second Class Gunnery Certificate. On 7 February he was appointed to the ''Wolverine'', As the sloop ''Mutine'' was returning to England from the China Station in early 1891, B
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  • On 10 January, 1896, Field was appointed in command of the sloop [[H.M.S. Penguin (1876)|''Penguin'']], which was functioning as a survey sh ...George V's coronation he was appointed an Additional Member of the Second Class, or Knight Commander, in the Civil Division of the Most Honourable Order of
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  • On 17 May, 1887, he was appointed in command of the {{UK-Starling|f=t}}.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments With this hurdle cleared, he was appointed to the screw sloop {{UK-Dolphin}} on 11 August, 1893.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official
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  • The September 1863 intake term added, for the first time, Second-Class Naval Cadetships, which had been authorized by new regulations distributed ...ths seniority, six months for a Second-Class pass, and nothing for a Third-Class. Naval Cadets were supposed to be discharged to a sea-going training ship
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  • ...certificate in Gunnery. He was appointed to ''Victory'' for command of {{UK-TB82}} on 11 July, 1893, for the annual manoeuvres, but owing to sickness d ...ships of the Second Division, [[Home Fleet (Royal Navy)|Home Fleet]] and {{UK-CS|2}}.<ref>Result of Battle Practice of His Majesty's Fleet, 1910''. p. 5
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  • ...ot:officeAdmSuper otitle="Admiral Superintendent, Devonport Dockyard" nat="UK"> ...edbot:officeDSuper otitle="Deputy Superintendent, Devonport Dockyard" nat="UK">
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  • |{{UK-Briton|f=p}}||corvette||6 Nov, 1869||Sold 1887 |{{UK-2Encounter|f=p}}||corvette||1 Jan, 1873||Sold 1888
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  • |{{UK-DukeOfWellington|f=p}}||receiving ship||14 Sep, 1852||Broken up 1904 |{{UK-2Amazon|f=p}}||wooden screw sloop||23 May, 1865||Sunk 1866
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  • ...October, 1880, he was appointed Acting {{SubRN}}, having obtained a First Class Certificate in Seamanship, with 940 marks. He was appointed to [[H.M.S. Ex ...ilee Review of 1887, Pakenham was appointed to ''Vernon'' for command of {{UK-1TB29}}, commanding her on manoeuvres from 1 July.<ref>"Naval & Military In
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  • ...rthumberland. He entered the [[Royal Navy]] in 1860, being appointed to {{UK-1Britannia}} at Portsmouth. ...S. Eclipse (1860)|''Eclipse'']]. In February, 1873, he was appointed to {{UK-Excellent}}. A Court of Enquiry was convened to probe the Lieutenant's obj
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