William John Samuel Pullen R.N.
William John Samuel Pullen R.N.
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William John Samuel Pullen R.N. | Explanation |
Second child and eldest son of Lieutenant William Pullen and Amelia Mary Haswell |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
4 December 1813 | | Born (Devonport) |
11 January 1887 | | Died (Torquay) |
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Date | Rank |
9 November 1846 | Lieutenant |
24 January 1850 | Commander |
10 May 1856 | Captain |
1 April 1870 | Retired Captain |
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Date from | Date to | Service |
20 February 1852 | September 1854 | Commander in North Star, particular service, part of Sir Edward Belchers expedition searching for Sir John Franklins' ill-fated 1845 North-West Passage expedition. Initially a depot ship at Beechey island, North Star took the crews of the other vessels home when they all became trapped in the ice |
23 November 1854 | 6 February 1855 | Commander in Perseverance, Woolwich |
7 February 1855 | 10 May 1856 | Commander in Falcon (from commissioning at Portsmouth), Portsmouth, then the Baltic during the Russian War |
15 September 1857 | | Captain in Cyclops, East Indies and China |
27 May 1869 | | Captain in Valiant, commanded by James Hope, Coast Guard, River Shannon (and, May 1869, cruise of the Reserve Fleet) |