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Browse officers in command: A - B; C - E; F - G; H - K; L - O; P - R; S - T; U - Z; ??
| George Frederick Mecham R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 1828 | Born (Cove of Cork, Ireland) | ||
| 17 February 1858 | Died (of bronchitis, in command of Vixen, at Honolulu) | ||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 1 September 1841 | Entered Navy | ||
| 8 March 1849 | Lieutenant | ||
| 21 October 1854 | Commander | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 5 March 1850 | Lieutenant in Assistance, commanded by Erasmus Ommanney, in Horatio Thomas Austen's squadron in search of Sir JohnFranklins' ill-fated 1845 North-West Passage expedition, | ||
| 14 February 1852 | February 1854 | Lieutenant in Resolute, commanded by Henry Kellett, in Sir Edward Belcher's squadron in search of Sir John Franklin (until Kellett was order by Beecher to abandon Reiolute) | |
| 1 November 1855 | 4 February 1857 | Commander in Salamander, west coast of Africa | |
| 4 February 1857 | 17 February 1858 | Commander in Vixen, Pacific (until he died at Honolulu) | |
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