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Browse officers in command: A - B; C - E; F - G; H - K; L - O; P - R; S - T; U - Z; ??
| Benjamin Pentland Priest R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| No personal data. | |||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 13 December 1827 | Entered Navy | ||
| 24 March 1842 | Lieutenant | ||
| 29 June 1854 | Commander | ||
| 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 | ||
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