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Browse officers in command: A - B; C - E; F - G; H - K; L - O; P - R; S - T; U - Z; ??

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Herbert Price Knevitt R.N.			Explanation
Son of Thomas Lepard Knevitt (1790-1848)
Date (from)	(Date to)	Personal
6 June 1833		Born (London)
23 October 1866		Married Isabella Ellen (1845-1922), daughter of John Thomas Hardman
11 December 1896		Died (Ealing, Middlesex)
Date	Rank
31 October 1855	Lieutenant
11 April 1866	Commander
1 October 1873	Retired Captain
Date from	Date to	Service
13 February 1856	3 June 1858	Lieutenant in Esk, commanded by Captain Robert John le Mesurier McClure, East Indies and China
4 June 1858	29 November 1859	Lieutenant and commander in Janus, East Indies and China (including unsuccessful attack on the Peiho forts during the 2nd Anglo-Chinese War)
30 November 1859	21 July 1860	Lieutenant and commander in Banterer, East Indies and China
22 July 1860	2 December 1860	Lieutenant and commander in Leven, East Indies and China
3 December 1860	12 October 1861	Lieutenant and commander in Slaney, East Indies and China
13 October 1861	18 October 1861	Lieutenant in Impérieuse, commanded by Captain George Ommaney Willes, East Indies and China
19 October 1861	1 April 1862	Acting commander in Snake, East Indies and China
2 April 1862	17 November 1862	Lieutenant and commander in Starling, East Indies and China, tender to Pearl, then Sphinx, then Pearl again
18 November 1862	22 January 1866	Lieutenant and commander in Leven, East Indies and China
23 January 1866	4 May 1866	Lieutenant in Orontes, commanded by Captain Henry William Hire, particular service
19 March 1867	21 February 1870	Coast Guard, Berwick on Tweed then Swanage
22 February 1870	18 April 1874	Commander in Fawn (from commissioning at Sheerness), Pacific
(1881)		Superintendent of "Mount Edgcombe" industrial training vessel, Saltash, Cornwall

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