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Browse officers in command: A - B; C - E; F - G; H - K; L - O; P - R; S - T; U - Z; ??
| Samuel Philip Townsend R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 30 July 1831 | Born | ||
| 24 April 1860 | Married Emma Maria Bridges | ||
| 16 June 1920 | Died | ||
| Obituary in the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 7 August 1850 | Mate | ||
| 21 May 1852 | Lieutenant | ||
| 4 September 1861 | Commander | ||
| 3 April 1868 | Captain | ||
| 1 March 1883 | Retired Captain | ||
| 1 June 1885 | Retired Rear-Admiral | ||
| 20 June 1891 | Retired Vice-Admiral | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 7 August 1850 | 5 June 1852 | Mate in Retribution, commanded by Captain Frederick Warden, particular service | |
| 7 June 1852 | 5 April 1855 | Lieutenant in Sans Pareil, commanded by Captain Sidney Colpoys Dacres, Lisbon, then (1853) Channel squadron, then (1854) Black Sea during the Russian War | |
| 6 April 1855 | 29 October 1859 | Lieutenant and commander in Boxer, tender to Royal Albert in the Black Sea during the Russian War then to Marlborough, Mediterranean | |
| 30 October 1859 | 5 September 1861 | Lieutenant in Victoria and Albert, commanded by Captain Joseph Denman, Portsmouth | |
| 15 July 1862 | 18 July 1865 | Coast Guard | |
| 26 February 1866 | 14 August 1868 | Commander in Icarus (from commissioning at Sheerness), China | |
| 26 May 1873 | 4 July 1875 | Captain in Crocodile | |
| 11 January 1877 | 10 May 1879 | Captain in Nymphe, Australia | |
| 27 November 1879 | 30 April 1881 | Captain in Hercules, Coast Guard, Greenock | |
| 1 May 1881 | 27 November 1882 | Captain in Warrior, Coast Guard, Greenock (including summer cruise 4 June - 3 August 1882) | |
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