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Browse officers in command: A - B; C - E; F - G; H - K; L - O; P - R; S - T; U - Z; ??
| Francis Durrant R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Son of John Mercer Bosville Durrant (1807-1878) | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 24 June 1837 | Born | ||
| 10 April 1877 | Married Jessie (1844-1907), daughter of William Liddiard (1810-1878) | ||
| 9 August 1884 | C.M.G. (Companion in the Order of St Michael and St George) | ||
| 6 December 1896 | Died (Red House, Hursley, Hampshire, England) | ||
| Obituary in the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 8 June 1857 | Mate | ||
| 19 May 1859 | Lieutenant | ||
| 2 September 1869 | Commander | ||
| 15 May 1876 | Captain | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 10 June 1851 | 8 June 1853 | Naval cadet in Trafalgar, commanded by Captain Henry Francis Greville, Mediterranean | |
| 9 June 1853 | 7 June 1857 | Midshipman in Trafalgar, commanded by Captain Henry Francis Greville, Mediterranean1) | |
| 2 November 1857 | 10 October 1859 | Mate in Spitfire, commanded by Lieutenant commander James Carter Campbell then Lieutenant commander William Cox Chapman, West Coast of Africa | |
| 9 December 1859 | 31 July 1860 | Lieutenant in Excellent, commanded by Captain Richard Strode Hewlett, gunnery ship, Portsmouth | |
| 1 August 1860 | 30 November 1861 | Lieutenant in Centurion, commanded by Captain Henry Downing Rogers, Channel squadron | |
| 7 February 1862 | 7 March 1862 | Lieutenant in Excellent, commanded by Captain Richard Strode Hewlett, gunnery ship, Portsmouth | |
| 8 March 1862 | 12 March 1862 | Lieutenant in Cambridge, commanded by Captain Leopold George Heath, gunnery ship, Devonport | |
| 13 March 1862 | 4 December 1864 | Lieutenant in Magicienne, commanded by Captain Prince Ernest L.V.C.A.J.E Leiningen then Captain Whaley Armitage, the Baltic during the Russian War, then the Mediterranean | |
| 5 December 1864 | 9 July 1865 | Lieutenant in Cambridge, commanded by Captain Charles Joseph Frederick Ewart, gunnery ship, Devonport | |
| 10 July 1865 | 20 July 1865 | Lieutenant in Gannet, commanded by Commander William Chimmo, just commissioned for the West Indies | |
| 21 July 1865 | 8 February 1867 | Lieutenant in Cambridge, commanded by Captain Charles Joseph Frederick Ewart, gunnery ship, Devonport | |
| 3 April 1867 | 13 November 1867 | Lieutenant in Minotaur, commanded by Captain James Graham Goodenough, Channel squadron | |
| 14 November 1867 | 22 September 1869 | Lieutenant in Victoria and Albert, commanded by Captain Prince Ernest L.V.C.A.J.E Leiningen, Portsmouth | |
| 7 April 1870 | 15 May 1873 | Commander (2ic) in Minotaur, commanded by Captain James Graham Goodenough then Captain Richard Wells then Captain Robert Gibson, Channel squadron | |
| 27 June 1873 | 5 June 1874 | Commander in Eagle, Royal Naval Reserve drill ship, Liverpool | |
| 11 June 1874 | 5 June 1876 | Commander in Osborne, Portsmouth | |
| 31 August 1877 | 23 February 1879 | Captain in Audacious, flagship of Vice-Admiral Charles Farrell Hillyar on the China station | |
| 30 September 1879 | 23 August 1880 | Captain of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich (assistant to President Admiral Charles Frederick Alexander Shadwell) | |
| 24 August 1880 | 21 March 1882 | Captain in Cleopatra, 1880 Detached squadron | |
| 1 May 1883 | 18 August 1884 | Captain in Canada , North America and West Indies | |
| 30 April 1885 | 7 August 1885 | Captain in Hotspur, Channel squadron | |
| 27 November 1885 | 25 August 1888 | Captain in Ajax Guard ship, Greenock | |
| September 1889 | January 1891 | Assistant to the Admiral Superintendent of Naval Reserves (Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon) | |
| 1) | But Trafalgar had returned to Sheerness and was paid off in April 1855 |
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