Henry Briggs Lang R.N.
Henry Briggs Lang R.N.

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Henry Briggs Lang R.N.Explanation
Son of Oliver William LangExternal link (1807-1868, Master Shipright, Chatham Dockyard) and brother of Oliver Thomas Lang R.N.
 
Date (from)(Date to)Personal
23 February 1845 Born (Chatham)
11 September 1896 Died (drowned, together with three crewmen, when the galley was swamped when returning to Narcissus from the Fish River, Grossevichi Bay, China - now Russia)
 
DateRank
13 December 1859Naval cadet
15 December 1861Midshipman
14 June 1865Sub-Lieutenant
24 August 1866Lieutenant
19 March 1880Commander
30 June 1889Captain
 
Date fromDate toService
13 December 185915 June 1860Naval cadet in Britannia, commanded by Captain Robert Harris, cadet training ship, Portsmouth
16 June 186014 December 1861Naval cadet in Ariadne, commanded by Captain Edward Westby Vansittart, Channel squadron, then (July - November 1860) in the squadron taking the Prince of Wales (in Hero) to North America
15 December 186119 March 1864Midshipman in Ariadne, commanded by Captain Edward Westby Vansittart, Mediterranean, then North America and West Indies
20 March 18643 May 1864Midshipman in Formidable, commanded by Captain John Fulford, flagship of Vice-Admiral George Robert Lambert, then Charles Talbot, Sheerness
4 May 186418 February 1865Midshipman in Bombay, commanded by Captain Colin Andrew Campbell, south-east coast of America (until accidentally burnt off Montevideo on 14 December 1864, 91 died)
19 February 186513 June 1865Midshipman in Achilles, commanded by Captain Edward Westby Vansittart, Channel squadron
14 June 18656 July 1866Sub-Lieutenant in Achilles, commanded by Captain Edward Westby Vansittart, Channel squadron
7 July 186626 August 1866Sub-Lieutenant in Victoria and Albert, commanded by Captain Prince Ernest L.V.C.A.J.E Leiningen, Portsmouth
21 February 186717 July 1869Lieutenant in Narcissus, commanded by Captain John Crawford Wilson, South Ameirca
18 July 186928 August 1869Additional Lieutenant in Royal Adelaide, commanded by Captain George William Preedy, Devonport, flag-ship of the Port Admiral (nominally on the ship's book for paid leave)
19 January 187011 April 1870Additional Lieutenant in Excellent, commanded by Captain Compton Edward Domvile, gunnery ship, Portsmouth, for 'a short course of study'
1 July 187030 October 1870Lieutenant in Boscawen, commanded by Commander James Grant, training ship, Portland
31 October 18706 November 1871Lieutenant in Nimble, commanded by Commander William Frederick Lee, East Indies
7 November 18712 January 1872Acting Commander in Nimble, East Indies
3 January 18728 June 1872Lieutenant in Nimble, East Indies
9 June 187224 July 1872Acting Commander in Nimble, East Indies
25 July 18722 March 1874Lieutenant in Nimble, commanded by Commander Henry Compton Best, East Indies
3 March 187420 April 1874Additional Lieutenant in Crocodile, commanded by Captain Samuel Philip Townsend, on passage
21 April 18748 June 1874Additional Lieutenant in Duke of Wellington, commanded by Captain Hon. Henry Carr Glyn, flagship of the port admiral, Portsmouth (carried on the books for paid leave)
10 June 18748 October 1874Lieutenant in Sultan, commanded by Captain Anthony Hiley Hoskins, Channel squadron
9 October 187416 February 1875Lieutenant in Agincourt, commanded by Captain Lord Walter Talbot Kerr, Channel squadron
23 October 187531 December 1877Lieutenant in Flora, commanded by Commander Clayton Mitchell then Commander Henry John Fletcher Campbell, Simon's Bay, Cape of Good Hope
1 January 187811 February 1878Additional Lieutenant in Duke of Wellington, commanded by Captain Walter Cecil Talbot, flagship of the port admiral, Portsmouth (carried on the books for paid leave)
3 June 187821 August 1878Lieutenant in Duke of Wellington, commanded by Captain Walter Cecil Talbot, flagship of the port admiral, Devonport
22 August 187818 February 1880Lieutenant and commander in Mallard, south-east coast of America
19 February 18803 March 1880Lieutenant in Royal Adelaide, commanded by Captain William Burley Grant, flagship of the port admiral, Devonport
14 January 188326 January 1885Commander in Philomel, East Indies (recommissioned at Bombay, 1 April 1883)
7 July 188622 November 1889Commander in ReindeerExternal link, East Indies
12 March 18928 May 1894Captain in TaurangaExternal link, Australian station
18 July 1894August 1894Captain in aaaa LatonaExternal link aaaa
24 July 189528 August 1895Captain in AstraeaExternal link, China
19 November 189511 September 1896Captain in Narcissus, East Indies (until drowned)

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