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Browse officers in command: A - B; C - E; F - G; H - K; L - O; P - R; S - T; U - Z; ??
| Richard Purvis R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Second and joungest son of Rear-Admiral John Brett Purvis (born 1787) | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 1875 | Died | ||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 29 June 1846 | Lieutenant | ||
| 6 January 1849 | Commander | ||
| 11 March 1857 | Captain | ||
| 1 October 1873 | Retired Captain | ||
| 1 January 1875 | Retired Rear-Admiral | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 7 July 1846 | Additional Lieutenant in Vindictive, commanded by Michael Seymour, flagship of Vice-Admiral Francis William Austen, North America and West Indies | ||
| 20 February 1847 | Lieutenant in America, commanded by Thomas Maitland, coast of Portugal | ||
| 12 October 1847 | Lieutenant in Penelope, commanded by Lewis Tobias Jones, flagship of Commodore Charles Hotham, west coast of Africa (from 20 December 1847 as flag-lieutenant) | ||
| 20 December 1852 | 26 August 1856 | Commander in Argus (from commissioning at Plymouth until paying off at Sheerness), North America and West Indies | |
| 27 October 1866 | 14 November 1866 | Captain in Satellite (from commissioning at Plymouth), Plymouth | |
| 3 November 1866 | 6 May 1870 | Captain in Racoon (from commissioning at Plymouth until paying off at Bermuda), Cape of Good Hope, then North America and West Indies | |
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