Roderick Dew R.N.
Roderick Dew R.N.
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Roderick Dew R.N. | Explanation |
Son of Tomkyns Dew (1791-1853) |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
1823 | | Born (Whitney, Herefordshire) |
24 March 1869 | | Died (at Lisbon, when in command of Northumberland) |
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Date | Rank |
7 February 1846 | Lieutenant |
16 June 1854 | Commander |
26 February 1858 | Captain |
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Date from | Date to | Service |
9 February 1846 | 20 November 1846 | Lieutenant in Collingwood, commanded by Captain Robert Smart, Pacific |
21 November 1846 | 9 December 1848 | Lieutenant in Sampson, commanded by Thomas Henderson, Pacific |
13 June 1849 | 11 December 1850 | Lieutenant in Cyclops, commanded by Captain George Fowler Hastings, west coast of Africa |
12 December 1850 | 15 June 1852 | Lieutenant in Gladiator, commanded by Captain John Adams, west coast of Africa |
16 September 1852 | 29 October 1854 | Lieutenant in Encounter, commanded by Captain George William Douglas O'Callaghan, East Indies and China (on the Russian Pacific coast during the Russian war, then 2nd Anglo-Chinese War) |
5 December 1854 | 18 January 1856 | Commander in Geyser, the Baltic during the Russian War |
16 January 1856 | 23 March 1857 | Commander in Flying Fish, Portsmouth |
24 March 1857 | 20 September 1858 | Commander in Nimrod, commanded by Frederick Beauchamp Paget Seymour, East Indies (including 2nd Anglo-Chinese War) |
20 September 1859 | 3 August 1864 | Captain in Encounter (from commissioning at Plymouth), commanded by Frederick Beauchamp Paget Seymour, East Indies and China (escorting the gunboats Bouncer and Snap out, and then British involvement in Taiping rebellion), then Japan |
31 January 1866 | 31 May 1866 | Additional captain in Royal Adelaide, commanded by Captain Frederick Beauchamp Paget Seymour, for service in Lord Clyde |
1 June 1866 | 12 August 1868 | Captain in Lord Clyde (until paying off), commanded by Thomas Henderson, Channel squadron |
13 August 1868 | 24 March 1869 | Captain in Northumberland, commanded by Thomas Henderson, Channel squadron (until Dew died) |