Oliver Thomas Lang R.N.
Oliver Thomas Lang R.N.
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| Oliver Thomas Lang R.N. | Explanation |
Son of Oliver William Lang (1807-1868, Master Shipright, Chatham Dockyard) and brother of Henry Briggs Lang R.N. |
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| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
| 1840 | | Born (Stoke Damerel) |
| 2 November 1865 | | Died (fatal falll from the bridge of Lee when coming to anchor off Ascension) |
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| Date | Rank |
| 24 April 1860 | Lieutenant |
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| Date from | Date to | Service |
| 10 June 1861 | 7 April 1862 | Lieutenant in Diadem, commanded by Captain George Granville Randolph, North America and West Indies |
| 8 April 1862 | 17 April 1862 | Lieutenant in Zebra, commanded by Commander Anthony Hiley Hoskins, west coast of Africa |
| 18 April 1864 | 18 December 1864 | Acting Commander (2ic) in Rattlesnake, commanded by Commodore Arthur Parry Eardley-Wilmot, west coast of Africa |
| 19 December 1864 | 23 April 1864 | Lieutenant in Rattlesnake, commanded by Commodore Arthur Parry Eardley-Wilmot, west coast of Africa |
| 21 December 1864 | 5 January 1865 | Additional Leuutenant in VindictiveAdditional Lieutenant in Vindictive, bread and coal store, Fernando Po |
| 6 January 1865 | 2 November 1865 | Lieutenant and commander in Lee, west Coast of Africa, tender to Rattlesnake until he made a fatal fall from the bridge of Lee when coming to anchor off Ascension |