Benjamin Pentland Priest R.N.
Benjamin Pentland Priest R.N.
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Benjamin Pentland Priest R.N. | Explanation |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
No personal data. |
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Date | Rank |
13 December 1827 | Entered Navy |
24 March 1842 | Lieutenant |
29 June 1854 | Commander |
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Date from | Date to | Service |
24 March 1842 | 23 December 1844 | Additional Lieutenant in Dublin, commanded by John Jervis Tucker, flagship of Rear-Admiral Richard Thomas, Pacific |
23 December 1844 | 1845 | Lieutenant in Carysfort, commanded by George Paulet, Pacific |
25 November 1845 | | Lieutenant in Grampus, commanded by Henry Byam Martin, Pacific |
25 September 1847 | 25 March 1848 | Lieutenant in Carysfort, commanded by George Henry Seymour, Pacific |
13 March 1849 | | Lieutenant in Arrogant, commanded by Robert Fitzroy, Portsmouth, then Lisbon |
(17 November 1853) | 29 June 1854 | Lieutenant in Leopard, commanded by George Giffard, Mediterranean, then the Baltic (flagship of Rear-Admiral James Hanway Plumridge) during the Russian War (until promoted for his gallantry in directing the boat operations of the first assault of Bomersund) |
August 1854 | 23 November 1854 | Commander in Salamander (until paying off at Portsmouth), Mediterranean |
5 January 1855 | 1 September 1856 | Commander in Himalaya |
6 March 1857 | 31 March 1857 | Captain in Himalaya |
1 January 1858 | | Additional Commander in Saturn, commanded by George Ramsay for Packet Service at Holyhead |
1 January 1863 | | Additional Commander in Saturn, commanded by William Loring, for Packet Service at Holyhead, and as Queen's Harbour Master |