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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 McCoy FitzGerald Castle R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Son of Wiliam Langford Castle (1800-1874) | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 23 September 1843 | Born (Lymington, Hampshire) | ||
| 14 April 1884 | Married Elinor Mary Coham (1863-1923), daughter of Harvey George Dickinson (1830-1867) | ||
| 1 May 1916 | Died (Bournemouth, Dorset) | ||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 5 June 1858 | Naval cadet | ||
| 19 January 1864 | Sub-Lieutenant | ||
| 13 March 1866 | Lieutenant | ||
| 8 November 1877 | Commander | ||
| 31 December 1885 | Captain | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 5 June 1858 | 31 December 1858 | Naval cadet in Illustrious, commanded by Captain Robert Harris, training ship, Portsmouth | |
| 1 January 1859 | 21 April 1859 | Naval cadet in Britannia, commanded by Captain Robert Harris, training ship, Portsmouth | |
| 22 April 1859 | 19 July 1860 | Naval cadet in Exmouth, commanded by Captain James John Stopford, Mediterranean | |
| 20 July 1860 | 14 October 1862 | Midshipman in Exmouth, commanded by Captain James John Stopford then Captain James Aylmer Dorset Paynter, Mediterranean | |
| 21 November 1862 | 18 January 1864 | Midshipman in Forte, commanded by Captain Arthur Mellersh, south east coast of America | |
| 19 January 1864 | 11 June 1864 | Sub-Lieutenant in Forte, commanded by Captain Arthur Mellersh, south east coast of America | |
| 12 June 1864 | 17 March 1865 | Acting Lieutenant in Alecto, commanded by Commander William Hans Blake, south-east coast of America | |
| 18 March 1865 | 28 April 1865 | Sub-Lieutenant in Excellent, commanded by Captain Astley Cooper Key, gunnery ship, Portsmouth | |
| 12 October 1865 | 26 April 1866 | Sub-Lieutenant in Terrible, commanded by Captain Gerard John Napier, Mediterranean | |
| 11 September 1866 | 9 October 1869 | Lieutenant in Pallas, commanded by Captain Matthew Connolly, particular service, then Captain Edward Henry Gage Lambert, Mediterranean | |
| 22 April 1870 | 23 September 1871 | Lieutenant in Excellent, commanded by Captain Henry Boys, gunnery ship, Portsmouth | |
| 24 September 1871 | 14 September 1872 | Lieutenant in Cambridge, commanded by Captain Frederick Anstruther Herbert, gunnery ship, Devonport | |
| 17 January 1878 | 12 November 1878 | Commander in Curlew (until paying off at Spithead), China | |
| 1 February 1879 | 24 February 1880 | Commander (2ic) in Bellerophon, commanded by Captain St George Caulfield D'Arcy-Irvine, flagship of Vice-Admiral Edward Augustus Inglefield, North America and West Indies | |
| 25 February 1880 | 22 August 1881 | Commander (2ic) in Invincible, commanded by Captain Hon. Edmund Robert Fremantle then Captain Robert O'Brien Fitzroy, Mediterranean | |
| 23 August 1881 | 15 September 1884 | Commander (2ic) in Cambridge, commanded by Captain Alexander Buller, gunnery ship, Devonport | |
| 18 September 1884 | 18 May 1886 | Commander in Sappho, Pacific | |
| 23 December 1888 | 17 September 1891 | Captain in Rapid , Australia | |
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