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| James Graham Goodenough R.N. | Explanation |
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| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
| 20 August 1875 | | Died (in command of Pearl; suddenly attacked with a poisoned arrow during negotiations with the inhabitants of Santa Crus Island, Friendly Islands) |
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| Date | Rank |
| 23 June 1851 | Lieutenant |
| 26 February 1858 | Commander |
| 9 May 1863 | Captain |
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| Date from | Date to | Service |
| February 1856 | | Lieutenant commander in Goshawk |
| 4 September 1856 | 14 April 1857 | Lieutenant in Raleigh, commanded by Henry Keppel, East Indies and China, (including 2nd Anglo-Chinese War) (until wrecked near Macaw when the ship struck an uncharted rock; all saved) |
| November 1856 | | Lieutenant commander in Hongkong, tender, East Indies (including 2nd Anglo-Chinese War) |
| 1 December 1857 | | Act. Lieutenant commander in Bittern, China (during 2nd Anglo-Chinese War) |
| 20 September 1859 | 1 May 1862 | Commander in Renard, East Indies and China (until Goodenough invalided) |
| 3 July 1862 | | Commander (2ic) in Revenge, commanded by Charles Fellowes, flagship of Rear-Admiral Robert Smart, Channel squadron |
| 2 November 1864 | 19 April 1866 | Captain in Victoria (from commissioning at Portsmouth), flagship of Vice-Admiral Robert Smart, Mediterranean |
| 8 April 1867 | | Captain in Minotaur, Channel squadron |
| 16 May 1873 | 20 August 1875 | Captain in Pearl (from commissioning at Portsmouth), Australia (until he died) |
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