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Browse officers in command: A - B; C - E; F - G; H - K; L - O; P - R; S - T; U - Z; ??
| John Child Purvis R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Son of Rev Richard Fortescue Purvis (1789-1868) | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 1832 | Born | ||
| 1904 | Died | ||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 28 June 1854 | Lieutenant | ||
| 11 September 1865 | Commander | ||
| 6 February 1872 | Captain | ||
| 3 April 1888 | Retired Rear-Admiral | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 25 July 1857 | Lieutenant in Pylades, commanded by Michael De Courcy, East Indies and China, then Pacific | ||
| 22 September 1862 | Lieutenant in Phoebe, commanded by Thomas Dyce Acland Fortescue, Mediterranean | ||
| 13 November 1869 | Commander (2ic) in Duke of Wellington, commanded by George Hancock, Portsmouth, flagship of the port admiral | ||
| 20 September 1876 | 3 July 1881 | Captain in Danae (from commissioning at Portsmouth until paying off at Portsmouth), Cape of Good Hope, then (1879) Australia | |
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