John Halliday Cave R.N.
John Halliday Cave R.N.

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John Halliday Cave R.N.Explanation
 
Date (from)(Date to)Personal
12 November 1827 Born (Mangotsfield, Gloucestershire)
21 September 1859 Married Louisa Ellis (1834-1933)
29 May 1875 C.B. (Companion of the Bath)
30 March 1913 Died (London)
 
DateRank
10 April 1849Mate
23 December 1850Lieutenant
29 September 1855Commander
5 March 1863Captain
30 December 1878Retired Rear-Admiral
30 October 1884Retired Vice-Admiral
 
Date fromDate toService
10 April 184922 December 1850Mate in Excellent, commanded by Captain Henry Ducie Chads, gunnery ship, Portsmouth
31 January 185125 December 1853Lieutenant in Hogue, commanded by Captain John Macdougall, Queenstown (presentday Cork, Ireland)
1 January 18541 April 1855Lieutenant in Princess Royal, commanded by Captain Lord Clarence Edward Paget, the Baltic (1854), and the Black Sea (1855, including the blockade and bombardment of Sebastopol) during the Russian War (until invalided)
2 April 18556 December 1855Lieutenant in Diamond, commanded by Captain Cospatrick Baillie Hamilton, Mediterranean during the Russian War
12 November 18577 April 1859Commander in Ardent (from commissioning at Woolwich until paying off at Woolwich), west coast of Africa1)
8 April 185914 April 1859Additional Commander in Queen Charlotte, commanded by Captain Henry HarveySheerness
11 August 18606 June 1861Commander in Styx, North America and West Indies
6 August 186218 April 1863Coast Guard, Wexford
1)After returning from tjhe coast Commander Cave and the Master, George P Heather, were tried by Court-Martial because Ardent had ran aground off Great Poko on 24 December 1858. They were sentenced to be repromanded and admonsihed to be more careful in future. Upon docking Ardent was found to be quite severely damaged.

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