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Browse officers in command: A - B; C - E; F - G; H - K; L - O; P - R; S - T; U - Z; ??
| William Samuel Brown R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| No personal data. | |||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 28 February 1854 | Lieutenant | ||
| 11 September 1860 | Commander | ||
| 11 April 1866 | Captain | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 12 April 1854 | Lieutenant in Penelope, commanded by James Crawford Caffin, the Baltic during the Russian War | ||
| 2 February 1855 | Lieutenant in Penelope, commanded by William Saltonstall Wiseman, Cape of Good Hope | ||
| 31 October 1861 | Commander (2ic) in Phaeton, commanded by Edward Tatham, North America and West Indies | ||
| 26 May 1871 | 13 July 1874 | Captain in Danae (until paying off at Portsmouth), North America and West Indies | |
| 26 June 1876 | 26 April 1878 | Captain in Challenger (from commissioning until paying off at Chatham), Coast Guard, Harwich (temporarily replacing Penelope) | |
| 26 April 1878 | Captain in Penelope, Coast Guard, Harwich, flagship of Agustus Phillimore, Admiral Superintendent of Naval Reserves | ||
| 3 August 1880 | Commodore in Urgent, Depôt ship, Jamaica | ||
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