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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 Robert Mends R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Eldest son of Admiral William Bowen Mends (1781-1864) | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 27 February 1812 | Born (Plymouth) | ||
| 7 May 1825 | Entered Royal Naval College | ||
| 6 January 1838 | Married Melita Ellen Rose (1818-1894), third daughter of Dr Joseph Stilon R.N. | ||
| 5 July 1855 | C.B. (Companion of the Bath) | ||
| 20 May 1871 | K.C.B. (Knight Commander of the Bath) | ||
| 24 November 1882 | G.C.B. (Knight Grand Cross of the Bath) | ||
| 26 June 1897 | Died (Alverstoke, Hampshire) | ||
| Entry in O'Byrnes 1849 'Naval Biographical Dictionary' | |||
| Obituary in the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 11 August 1835 | Lieutenant | ||
| 9 November 1846 | Commander | ||
| 10 December 1852 | Captain | ||
| 1 January 1869 | Retired Rear-Admiral | ||
| 1 January 1874 | Retired Vice-Admiral | ||
| 15 June 1879 | Retired Admiral | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 30 December 1835 | Lieutenant in Vernon, commanded by Captain John McKerlie, Mediterranean | ||
| 29 November 1836 | Lieutenant in Caledonia, flagship of Josias Rowley, Mediterranean | ||
| 13 January 1837 | Lieutenant in Rodney, commanded by Hyde Parker, Mediterranean | ||
| 28 July 1838 | Lieutenant and commander in Ceylon, receiving ship, Malta | ||
| 18?? | Lieutenant in Benbow | ||
| 18?? | Lieutenant in Ganges, as flag-lieutenant to Sir John Louis, Admiral Superintendent at Malta | ||
| 3 November 1843 | 1846 | Lieutenant in Fox, commanded by Commodore Sir Henry Martin Blackwood, coast of Ireland, and East Indies | |
| 1 January 1848 | March 1849 | Commander (2ic) in Vanguard (until paying off), commanded by George Frederick Rich, Mediterranean | |
| 11 July 1850 | Commander (2ic) in Vengeance, commanded by Henry Martin Blackwood, Portsmouth | ||
| 22 October 1853 | 1 January 1854 | Captain in Agamemnon, flagship of Rear-Admiral Edmond Lyons, Black sea during the Russian War | |
| (1 January 1854) | Captain in Arethusa, Black sea during the Russian War | ||
| 14 February 1855 | 2 April 1857 | Captain in Royal Albert, flagship of Rear-Admiral Edmund Lyons, Mediterranean (and in the Black Sea during the Russian War) | |
| 3 April 1857 | 1 February 1860 | Captain in Hastings (from commissioning at Portsmouth until paying off at Liverpool), Coast Guard, Liverpool (replaced by Majestic) | |
| 1 February 1860 | 1861 | Captain in Majestic, Coast Guard, Liverpool (replacing Hastings) | |
| 1861 | Deputy controller-general of the coastguard | ||
| May 1862 | February 1883 | Director of transports, at the Admiralty | |
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