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Browse officers in command: A - B; C - E; F - G; H - K; L - O; P - R; S - T; U - Z; ??
| William Henry Collingwood Selby R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Son of Prideaux Selby (1810-1872) | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 22 September 1842 | Born (Alnwick, Northumberland) | ||
| 27 June 1872 | Married Rose Alice (1847-1905), daughter of Robert Clutterbuck (1798-1879) | ||
| 22 February 1882 | Died (while in command of Falcon) | ||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 28 November 1863 | Lieutenant | ||
| 23 March 1873 | Commander | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 10 January 1856 | 24 August 1856 | Naval cadet in Brunswick, commanded by Captain Hastings Reginald Henry then Captain Henry Broadhead, in charge of a division of gunboats then Mediterranean | |
| 25 August 1856 | 8 January 1858 | Naval cadet in Conqueror, commanded by Captain Hastings Reginald Henry, Mediterranean | |
| 9 January 1858 | 7 February 1860 | Midshipman in Conqueror, commanded by Captain Hastings Reginald Henry then Captain William John Cavendish Clifford, Mediterranean | |
| 8 February 1860 | 6 January 1862 | Midshipman in Forte, commanded by Captain Edward Winterton Turnour then Captain Thomas Saumarez, Cape of Good Hope then south east coast of America | |
| 7 January 1862 | 25 March 1862 | Acting Sub-Lieutenant in Forte, commanded by Captain Thomas Saumarez, south east coast of America | |
| 26 March 1862 | 18 July 1862 | Acting Lieutenant in Satellite, commanded by Captain John Ormsby Johnson then Captain Stephen Smith Lowther Crofton, south east coast of America | |
| 19 July 1862 | 27 November 1863 | Acting Sub-Lieutenant in Satellite, commanded by Captain Stephen Smith Lowther Crofton, south east coast of America | |
| 23 July 1864 | 13 November 1865 | Lieutenant in Urgent, commanded by Captain Samuel Hood Henderson, particular service | |
| 14 November 1865 | 27 February 1868 | Lieutenant in Wolverene, commanded by Captain Thomas Cochran, North America and West Indies | |
| 28 February 1868 | 9 April 1868 | Lieutenant in Fisgard, commanded by Commodore William Edmonstone, Woolwich | |
| 23 March 1870 | 29 March 1873 | Lieutenant in Excellent, commanded by Captain Henry Boys, gunnery ship, Portsmouth, for study | |
| 17 December 1874 | 22 July 1876 | Commander in Nimble, East Indies | |
| 24 May 1877 | 31 December 1878 | Commander in Vestal, East Indies | |
| 1 January 1879 | 30 April 1879 | Commander in Daphne, East Indies | |
| 31 January 1880 | 31 December 1880 | Commander in Torch, Mediterranean | |
| 10 January 1881 | 20 January 1882 | Commander in Falcon, Mediterranean (until he died) | |
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