| Charles Stuart Forbes R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| No personal data. | |||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 13 March 1848 | Lieutenant | ||
| 26 February 1858 | Commander | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 16 March 1855 | Lieutenant and commander in Redwing, the Baltic (as tender to Nile) during the Russian War | ||
| 9 August 1861 | Commander in Curlew, south-east coast of America | ||
| 1862 | Captain of Keangsoo, flag-ship of Sherard Osborn's Chinese naval squadron to combat pirates and the Taiping rebellion | ||
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