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| George Edwin Patey R.N. | Explanation |
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| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
| May 1862 | | Died (in command of Colossus) |
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| Date | Rank |
| 4 November 1840 | Lieutenant |
| 8 July 1846 | Commander |
| 15 December 1851 | Captain |
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| Date from | Date to | Service |
| 15 December 1840 | | Lieutenant in Carysfort, commanded by Henry Byam Martin, Mediterranean |
| 9 December 1841 | | Lieutenant in Caledonia, flagship of Admiral Graham Moore, Plymouth |
| 14 June 1842 | | Lieutenant in Wolf, commanded by Courtenay Osburn Hayes, fitting for the East Indies |
| 18 March 1843 | | Lieutenant in Wolverene, commanded by Henry Gage Morris, East Indies |
| 26 March 1844 | 6 September 1844 | Lieutenant in Wolverene, commanded by Charles Foreman Brown, East Indies |
| 7 September 1844 | | Lieutenant in Wolverene, commanded by William John Cavendish Clifford, East Indies |
| 1 April 1845 | | Lieutenant in Agincourt, commanded by Henry William Bruce, flagship of Rear-Admiral Thomas John Cochrane, East Indies |
| 26 January 1848 | | Commander (2ic) in Rodney, commanded by Edward Collier, Mediterranean |
| 11 August 1849 | | Commander in Flying Fish, west coast of Africa |
| 28 December 1854 | | Captain in Monarch, flagship of Rear-Admiral Henry William Bruce, Pacific |
| 10 March 1859 | 7 December 1859 | Captain in Centurion (until paying off at Plymouth), Mediterranean |
| 8 December 1859 | 28 January 1860 | Captain in Centurion (from commissioning at Plymouth), Plymouth |
| January 1861 | 2 April 1861 | Captain in Pembroke, Coast Guard, Harwich |
| 2 April 1861 | May 1862 | Captain in Colossus, Coast Guard, Portland (until he died) |