John William Pike R.N.
John William Pike R.N.
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John William Pike R.N. | Explanation |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
27 August 1827 | | Born (St Giles, Oxford) |
1852 | | F.R.G.S. (Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society) |
25 June 1864 | | Married Jane Roberts (1839-1897), eldest daughter of John Brown, F.R.G.S. and F.R.S.N.A. |
21 July 1894 | | Died (London) |
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Date | Rank |
1842 | Entered Navy |
3 May 1848 | Mate |
12 September 1848 | Lieutenant |
21 July 1860 | Commander |
1 January 1868 | Captain |
1 July 1885 | Retired Rear-Admiral |
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Date from | Date to | Service |
3 May 1848 | 11 September 1848 | Mate in Excellent, commanded by Captain Henry Ducie Chads, gunnery ship, Portsmouth |
11 October 1848 | 19 June 1850 | Lieutenant in Kingfisher, commanded by Commander Henry Harvey, west coast of Africa |
20 June 1850 | 1 July 1851 | Lieutenant in Centaur, commanded by Commander Frederick Patten, west coast of Africa |
15 January 1852 | 8 April 1852 | Lieutenant in Hydra, commanded by Commander Thomas Belgrave, Sheerness to the Cape of Good Hope |
23 May 1853 | 28 July 1855 | Lieutenant in St. Jean d'Acre, commanded by Captain Henry Keppel, Western squadron, then (May 1854) the Baltic and (1855) the Black Sea during the Russian War |
29 July 1855 | 27 August 1856 | Lieutenant and commander in Banshee, Mediterranean and the Black Sea during the Russian War |
1 December 1856 | 12 October 1859 | Lieutenant and commander in Antelope (from commissioning at Woolwich until paying off at Woolwich), west coast of Africa |
21 December 1861 | 13 May 1862 | Commander in Vigilant, Channel squadron |
14 May 1862 | 13 January 1865 | Commander in Devastation, Pacific |
19 May 1865 | 10 January 1868 | Coast Guard, Sheerness |