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Browse officers in command: A - B; C - E; F - G; H - K; L - O; P - R; S - T; U - Z; ??
| Nicholas Vansittart R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Fifth son of Arthur Vansittart, of Shottesbrook, Berkshire | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 1820 | Born | ||
| 17 July 1859 | Died (at Shanghai) while in command of Magicienne and after being severely injured during the unsuccessful attack on the Peiho forts during the 2nd Anglo-Chinese War) | ||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 3 February 1832 | Entered Navy | ||
| 23 December 1842 | Lieutenant | ||
| 7 January 1847 | Commander | ||
| 17 April 1854 | Captain | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 18 January 1843 | 7 January 1847 | Lieutenant in Agincourt, commanded by Henry William Bruce, flagship of Rear-Admiral Thomas John Cochrane, East Indies | |
| 7 June 1848 | Commander in Frolic (from commissioning at Portsmouth), Mediterranean | ||
| 26 January 1855 | 26 May 1856 | Captain in Magicienne (until paying off at Plymouth), the Baltic during the Russian War | |
| 29 May 1856 | Captain in Magicienne (from commissioning at Plymouth), Mediterranean, then East Indies and China | ||
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