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Browse officers in command: A - B; C - E; F - G; H - K; L - O; P - R; S - T; U - Z; ??
| Frederick Edwyn Forbes R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Son of Retired Captain Jorn Forbes RN | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 3 April 1819 | Born | ||
| 1851 | Died | ||
| Literature: Myers, Walter Dean. 'At Her Majesty's Request: An African Princess in Victorian England', New York, 1999. | |||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 14 August 1833 | Entered Navy | ||
| 29 August 1843 | Lieutenant | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 7 September 1843 | Lieutenant in Serpent, commanded by William Nevill, East Indies | ||
| 2 July 1844 | Lieutenant in Wolf, commanded by George Evan Davis, East Indies | ||
| 15 January 1845 | Lieutenant in Wolf, commanded by James Alexander Gordon, East Indies | ||
| 19 October 1846 | Lieutenant in Penelope, commanded by Henry Wells Giffard, flagship of Commodore Charles Hotham, west coast of Africa | ||
| 24 May 1847 | Lieutenant and commander in Bonetta, west coast of Africa (during which Forbes rescued 'Sarah Forbes Bonetta' 1843?-1880, a Dahomian princess, from sacrificial death. Queen Victoria took a close interest in Sarah's future and even became god-mother to her daughter) | ||
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