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| Arthur Richard Wright R.N. | Explanation |
| | | Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
| 27 June 1831 | | Born |
| 19 August 1879 | | Died (in command of Dido) |
| | | Date | Rank |
| 25 February 1852 | Mate |
| 8 March 1854 | Lieutenant |
| 25 July 1864 | Commander |
| 20 June 1874 | Captain |
| | | Date from | Date to | Service |
| 25 February 1852 | 17 September 1853 | Mate in Harlequin |
| 14 November 1853 | 9 March 1854 | Mate in Royal George, commanded by Henry John Codrington, the Baltic |
| 18 April 1854 | 25 October 1854 | Lieutenant in Phoenix, commanded by Edward Augustus Inglefield, in the Artic, finding and bringing home part of Sir Edward Belcher's expedition |
| 27 December 1854 | 6 February 1855 | Lieutenant in Calcutta, commanded by James John Stopford |
| 7 February 1855 | 18 December 1855 | Lieutenant in Ariel, commanded by John Proctor Luce, White Sea, during the Russian War |
| 19 December 1855 | 3 June 1856 | Lieutenant in Blenheim, commanded by William Hutcheon Hall, Portsmouth |
| 4 June 1856 | 23 April 1858 | Lieutenant in Merlin, commanded by Cecil William Buckley, west coast of Africa |
| 11 March 1859 | 12 May 1859 | Lieutenant in Edinburgh, commanded by Edwin Claton Tennyson D'Eyncourt, coast guard service, Queensferry |
| 13 May 1859 | 3 September 1861 | Lieutenant in Emerald, commanded by Arthur Cumming, for harbour service |
| 4 September 1861 | 7 August 1864 | Lieutenant in Impregnable, commanded by Charles Vesey, harbour service, for service in Nautilus and Squirel |
| 1 January 1862 | | Lieutenant commander in Squirrel, Devonport, tender to Impregnable |
| 17 July 1865 | 16 July 1868 | Coast Guard |
| 13 October 1869 | 19 August 1873 | Commander in Rocket |
| 20 August 1873 | 31 December 1873 | Acting Captain in Pylades (until paying off at Sheerness), returning from the south east coast of America |
| 27 May 1879 | 19 August 1879 | Captain in Dido (from commissioning at Portsmouth), West coast of Africa (until he died) |
Source: Admiralty Record of Service ADM 196/13, folio 330.
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