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Browse officers in command: A - B; C - E; F - G; H - K; L - O; P - R; S - T; U - Z; ??
| Fairfax Moresby R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Eldest son of Fairfax Moresby, R.N. (1786-1877) | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 9 December 1826 | Born | ||
| 16 February 1856 | Married Emma Eliza (1838-1922), daughter of Herbert Taylor Lewis (1807-1852) at Dunkirk, France. In 1873 Emma married Henry Bevan, Lieutenant in the 95th Regiment | ||
| 1858 | Died (when Sappho, of which he was in command, was lost with all hands off Australia) | ||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 14 October 1847 | Lieutenant | ||
| 14 May 1854 | Commander | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 8 January 1856 | Commander in Sappho, West coast of Africa, then left England late in 1857 and disappeared, with all hands, on the final stages of a voyage from the Cape of Good Hope to Sydney in February 1858 | ||
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