George Pechell Mends R.N.
George Pechell Mends R.N.
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| George Pechell Mends R.N. | Explanation |
| The son of William Bowen Mends, R.N. |
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| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
| 1815 | | Born (St Budeaux, Devon) |
| 10 July 1851 | | Married Louise Marie Therese (1833-1896), daughter of James Blackmore Wilcocks (1809-1880) |
| 15 September 1871 | | Died (Plymouth, Devon) |
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| Date | Rank |
| 9 February 1824 | Entered Navy |
| 29 August 1841 | Lieutenant |
| 11 January 1854 | Commander |
| 20 December 1858 | Captain |
| 24 March 1866 | Retired Captain |
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| Date from | Date to | Service |
| 3 September 1841 | 5 June 1844 | Lieutenant in Malabar, commanded by Captain George Rose Sartorius, Mediterranean |
| 5 October 1844 | 11 August 1846 | Lieutenant in Mutine, commanded by Commander Richard Borough Crawford, Cape of Good Hope |
| 17 October 1847 | 13 December 1849 | Lieutenant in Eurydice, commanded by Captain Talavera Vernon Anson, Cape of Good Hope |
| 27 July 1850 | 22 January 1854 | Lieutenant in Trafalgar, commanded by Captain Montagu Stopford, Sheerness then Mediterranean |
| 7 February 1854 | 9 February 1856 | Commander (2ic) in James Watt, commanded by Captain George Elliot, the Baltic during the Russian War |
| 10 February 1856 | 8 July 1857 | Commander in Pioneer, North America and West Indies |
| 3 March 1858 | 1 February 1859 | Commander in Nimrod, East Indies and China |
| 2 February 1859 | 30 July 1859 | Captain in Niger, Australia |
| 27 May 1861 | 10 July 1862 | Captain in Edgar (until paying off at Portsmouth), flagship of Rear-Admiral John Elphinstone Erskine, second in command, Channel squadron then (December 1861) second in command, North America and West Indies |