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Browse officers in command: A - B; C - E; F - G; H - K; L - O; P - R; S - T; U - Z; ??
| Richard Adams R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Youngest son of C.M. Adams of the Abbey, Shrewsbury | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 19 July 1834 | Born | ||
| 25 February 1872 | Died (of cholera, between Calcutta and Madras, while in command of Daphne) | ||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 2 November 1853 | Mate | ||
| 30 October 1855 | Lieutenant | ||
| 11 April 1866 | Commander | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 2 November 1853 | 2 January 1855 | Mate in Royal George, commanded by Captain Henry John Codrington, the Baltic during the Russian War | |
| 3 January 1855 | 30 October 1855 | Mate in Falcon, commanded by Commander William John Samuel Pullen, the Baltic during the Russian War | |
| 13 December 1855 | 16 May 1856 | Lieutenant in Wanderer, commanded by Commander John Proctor Luce, Mediterranean | |
| 17 May 1856 | 25 February 1857 | Lieutenant in Arrogant, commanded by Captain Henry Lyster, North America and West Indies | |
| 23 November 1857 | 25 October 1861 | Lieutenant in Cambrian, commanded by Captain James Johnstone McCleverty, East Indies and China | |
| 4 March 1862 | 18 June 1862 | Lieutenant in Dauntless, commanded by Captain James Willcox, Coast Guard, Southampton Water | |
| 19 June 1862 | 16 October 1864 | Lieutenant and commander in Janus, East Indies and China | |
| 17 October 1864 | 4 May 1866 | Lieutenant and commander in Bustard, China | |
| 1 October 1870 | 14 August 1871 | Commander in Nymphe (until paying off), East Indies | |
| 12 October 1871 | 26 February 1872 | Commander in Daphne (from commissioning at Plymouth), East Indies and China (until he died) | |
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