George William Preedy R.N.
George William Preedy R.N.
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George William Preedy R.N. | Explanation |
Son of Robert Preedy, of Hampton, Worcestershire |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
1817 | | Born |
27 September 1858 | | C.B. (Companion of the Bath), civil |
1869 | | C.B. (Companion of the Bath), military |
30 May 1894 | | Died (Budleigh Salterton) |
Entry in O'Byrnes 1849 'Naval Biographical Dictionary' |
Obituary in the Times newspaper |
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Date | Rank |
12 November 1828 | First class Volunteer |
17 December 1829 | Midshipman |
27 August 1836 | Mate |
10 June 1844 | Lieutenant |
10 February 1853 | Commander |
29 September 1855 | Captain |
1 January 1874 | Retired Rear-Admiral |
30 January 1879 | Retired Vice-Admiral |
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Date from | Date to | Service |
27 August 1836 | 12 May 1840 | Mate in Rodney, commanded by Captain Hyde Parker, Mediterranean |
8 October 1840 | 17 November 1842 | Mate in Calcutta, commanded by Captain Samuel Roberts then Captain George Frederick Rich, Mediterranean, and Lisbon |
18 November 1842 | 14 February 1844 | Midshipman in Excellent, commanded by Captain Thomas Hastings, gunnery ship, Portsmouth |
15 February 1844 | 9 June 1844 | Mate in Camperdown, commanded by Captain William Fanshawe Martin, Sheerness, flagship |
14 September 1844 | 31 January 1845 | Lieutenant in Queen, commanded by Captain William Fanshawe Martin, Sheerness |
1 July 1845 | 12 July 1846 | Lieutenant in Trafalgar, commanded by Captain William Fanshawe Martin then Captain John Neale Nott, Sheerness, flagship of Vice Admiral Edward Durnford King, then 1845 experimental squadron |
20 July 1846 | 8 December 1849 | Lieutenant in Constance, commanded by Captain Baldwin Wake Walker then Captain George William Conway Courtenay, Pacific |
20 April 1850 | 9 February 1853 | Lieutenant in Prince Regent, commanded by William Fanshawe Martin, Channel squadron |
10 February 1853 | 3 November 1855 | Commander (2ic) in Duke of Wellington, commanded by Henry Byam Martin then Captain George Thomas Gordon then Captain Henry Caldwell, Western (Channel) squadron then the Baltic during the Russian War, flagship of Charles Napier then Richard Saunders Dundas |
30 March 1858 | 1 September 1858 | Captain in Agamemnon, laying the first Transatlantic cable (initiated 16 August 1858, but stopped working only a couple of weeks later) |
1 November 1858 | 15 July 1862 | Captain in Liffey (from commissioning at Portsmouth until paying off at Portsmouth), Channel squadron, then (July 1859) the Mediterranean, then (March 1862) the West Indies |
5 January 1863 | 31 December 1863 | Committee on Armstrong and Whitworth guns |
5 January 1864 | 4 May 1866 | Captain in Hector (from commissioning at Portsmouth), Channel squadron |
5 May 1866 | 29 October 1866 | Captain in Cumberland, guard ship of the steam reserve, Sheerness |
30 October 1866 | 1 November 1869 | Captain in Royal Adelaide, Devonport, flag-ship of the Port Admiral |