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Browse officers in command: A - B; C - E; F - G; H - K; L - O; P - R; S - T; U - Z; ??
| Robert Gibson R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Son of Charles Gibson (1790-1832) | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 27 January 1829 | Born (Lancaster, Lancashire) | ||
| 24 March 1874 | Died (Lancaster, Lancashire) | ||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 6 March 1848 | Mate | ||
| 16 January 1849 | Lieutenant | ||
| 9 August 1858 | Commander | ||
| 25 March 1863 | Captain | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 6 March 1848 | 6 April 1848 | Mate in Amazon, commanded by Captain James John Stopford, Lisbon, and the Mediterranean | |
| 22 December 1852 | 29 November 1855 | Lieutenant in Barracouta, commanded by Commander George Parker then Commander Frederick Henry Stirling, East Indies | |
| 30 November 1855 | 19 February 1858 | Lieutenant in Encounter, commanded by Captain George William Douglas O'Callaghan, East Indies and China (on the Russian Pacific coast during the Russian war, then 2nd Anglo-Chinese War) | |
| 10 April 1858 | 1 September 1858 | Lieutenant in Agamemnon, commanded by Captain George William Preedy, laying the first Transatlantic cable (initiated 16 August 1858, but stopped working only a couple of weeks later) | |
| 4 March 1859 | 18 May 1861 | Commander (2ic) in Chesapeake, commanded by Captain George Ommaney Willes, East Indies and China (including later part of 2nd Anglo-Chinese War) | |
| 19 May 1861 | 27 July 1861 | Commander (2ic) in Impérieuse, commanded by George Ommaney Willes, flagship of Rear-Admiral James Hope, China | |
| 28 July 1862 | 21 March 1863 | Acting Captain in Impérieuse (until paying off at Portsmouth), China | |
| 6 January 1864 | 15 June 1867 | Captain in Duncan, flagship of Vice-Admiral James Hope, North America and West Indies | |
| 14 April 1869 | 8 June 1869 | Captain in Cadmus (from commissioning at Sheerness until paying off at Sheerness), for the Flying Squadron (but replaced by Barrosa, due to damage resulting from running aground on Salcombe Rocks on 4 June) | |
| 9 June 1869 | 7 October 1869 | Captain in Barrosa, 1869 Flying Squadron | |
| 8 October 1869 | 29 November 1870 | Captain in Liffey, 1869 Flying Squadron | |
| 1 August 1871 | 24 August 1871 | Captain in Northumberland, temporary service | |
| 8 September 1871 | 29 August 1872 | Captain in Minotaur, flagship of Rear-Admiral Geoffrey Thomas Phipps Hornby, Channel squadron | |
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