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Browse officers in command: A - B; C - E; F - G; H - K; L - O; P - R; S - T; U - Z; ??
| Ralph Peter Cator R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Son of Peter Cator, of Beckenham | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 30 September 1903 | Died (London) | ||
| Inventor of an 'fog alarm buoy' (described in Scientific American, volume 49, July-December 1883) | |||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 1843 | Entered Navy | ||
| 19 August 1850 | Lieutenant | ||
| 17 September 1858 | Commander | ||
| 11 April 1866 | Captain | ||
| 30 December 1882 | Rear-Admiral | ||
| 27 December 1886 | Retired Rear-Admiral | ||
| 18 November 1888 | Retired Vice-Admiral | ||
| 28 May 1894 | Retired Admiral | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 30 October 1859 | 11 April 1863 | Commander in Fawn (from commissioning at Sheerness until paying off at Sheerness), Australia | |
| 7 June 1865 | 7 May 1866 | Commander in Pelican (until paying off at Portsmouth), Mediterranean | |
| 2 March 1871 | 2 June 1875 | Captain in Scout (from commissioning at Sheerness until paying off at Sheerness), Pacific | |
| 1879 | 1882 | Naval aide-de-camp to Queen Victoria | |
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