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Browse officers in command: A - B; C - E; F - G; H - K; L - O; P - R; S - T; U - Z; ??
| Bartholomew James Sulivan R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Eldest son of Thomas Ball Sulivan R.N. | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 18 November 1810 | Born (Tregew, near Falmouth) | ||
| 14 January 1837 | Married Sophia (1811-1890), third daughter of Vice-Admiral James Young (1764-1833) | ||
| 5 July 1855 | C.B. (Companion of the Bath) | ||
| 2 June 1869 | K.C.B. (Knight Commander of the Bath) | ||
| 1 January 1890 | Died (at Bournemouth) | ||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 4 September 1823 | Entered Royal Naval College | ||
| 3 April 1830 | Lieutenant | ||
| 14 May 1841 | Commander | ||
| 18 November 1845 | Captain | ||
| 3 December 1863 | Retired Rear-Admiral | ||
| 1 February 1870 | Retired Vice-Admiral | ||
| 22 January 1877 | Retired Admiral | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 25 June 1831 | 1836 | Lieutenant in Beagle, commanded by Robert Fitzroy, South America (the famous voyage with Charles Darwin) | |
| 30 November 1837 | Lieutenant and commander in Pincher, schooner, Chatham | ||
| 12 April 1838 | 1839 | Lieutenant and commander in Arrow, South America (surveying the Falkland Islands, where his eldest son, James Young Falkland Sulivan, was born) | |
| 2 April 1842 | 1846 | Commander in Philomel, surveying on the south-east coast of America (and participating in the Anglo-French action in Uruguay) | |
| 10 December 1847 | Additional Captain in Victory, for surveying service | ||
| 1848 | Colonel and Chief-of-Staff of the Dockyard Volunteers | ||
| December 1848 | 1851 | On leave with with his whole family in the Falkland Islands | |
| 25 February 1854 | 12 March 1855 | Captain in Lightning, as fleet surveying officer in the Baltic during the Russian War | |
| 6 January 1855 | 23 May 1837 | Captain in Merlin, the Baltic during the Russian War | |
| December 1856 | April 1865 | Naval officer of the Marine Department, Board of Trade, responsible for navigation and harbour design | |
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