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Browse officers in command: A - B; C - E; F - G; H - K; L - O; P - R; S - T; U - Z; ??
| John Crawford Wilson R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 1885 | Died | ||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 31 October 1855 | Lieutenant | ||
| 29 January 1861 | Commander | ||
| 17 February 1865 | Captain | ||
| 23 November 1881 | Rear-Admiral | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 28 July 1857 | Lieutenant in Chesapeake, commanded by Harry Edmond Edgell, East Indies and China | ||
| 2 January 1860 | 25 March 1861 | Acting Commander in Fury, East Indies and China | |
| (25 March 1861) | 11 February 1864 | Commander in Gorgon (until paying off at Woolwich), Cape of Good Hope | |
| 1864 | Commander (2ic) in Bombay, commanded by Colin Andrew Campbell, flagship of Rear-Admiral Charles Gilbert John Brydone Elliot, south-east coast of America (until accidentally burnt off Montevideo, 91 died) | ||
| 18 May 1866 | 17 July 1869 | Captain in Narcissus (until paying off at Plymouth), flagship of Rear-Admiral George Ramsay, South Ameirca | |
| 22 December 1871 | Captain in Impregnable, Devonport, training ship for boys | ||
| 1 May 1877 | 1 October 1878 | Captain in Thunderer (from commissioning at Portsmouth) | |
| September 1878 | 16 February 1882 | Commodore in Wolverene (until paying off at Sydney), Australia | |
| 12 September 1878 | 21 January 1882 | Commander-in-chief, Australia | |
| (7 April 1883) | 30 October 1879 | Second in command, Channel squadron (flag in Agincourt) | |
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