► The Royal Navy
Browse officers in command: A - B; C - E; F - G; H - K; L - O; P - R; S - T; U - Z; ??
| James Ptolemy Thurburn R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 21 December 1847 | Married, in Buenos Ayres, Margaret, daughter of J. White of that city | ||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 3 June 1831 | Entered Navy | ||
| 15 March 1841 | Lieutenant | ||
| 29 April 1851 | Commander | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 16 September 1841 | Lieutenant in Thalia, commanded by Charles Hope, East Indies and Pacific | ||
| 6 March 1846 | Lieutenant in Harlequin, commanded by Douglas Curry, Mediterranean | ||
| 17 November 1846 | April 1850 | Lieutenant and commander in Griffon (until paying off at Portsmouth), south-east coast of America | |
| 24 March 1855 | Commander in Madagascar, store ship, Rio de Janeiro | ||
| 30 October 1860 | Coast Guard | ||
| 1 December 1860 | Additional Commander in Cornwallis, commanded by George Grenville Randolph, for the Coast Guard in the Humber | ||
| 3 January 1866 | Commander (2ic) in Wellesley, commanded by William Houston Stewart, guard ship of ordinary, Chatham | ||
| (7 April 1866) | Commander in Barracouta | ||
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