The table below is intended to include all commissioned officers (that is, with the rank of Lieutenant or above) in command of a Royal Navy vessel between 1840 and 1860; also all such officers in command of the 200 odd unarmoured screw vessels listed here, throughout their career (in some cases into the 1880s). The data are derived from Navy Lists, William R. O'Byrne's "Naval Biographical Dictionary" (1849) and the "Naval Intelligence" column of the Times newspaper.
Follow the links in the first column for available biographic and career data. The fourth column is intended to show the highest substantive rank reached (thus not including "retired ..."); as the data are incomplete, however, some officers will have actually reached a higher rank. The fifth column gives the number of entries available for this officer.
For officers not shown here, try Paul Benyon's extensive list
. For persons other than naval sea officers, go here.
| | Officer | Birth | Death | Rank reached | Entries |
| Robert | Fair R.N. |
<1823 | 1844 | Captain | 5 |
| Henry | Fairfax R.N. |
1837 | 1900 | Admiral | 28 |
| Gordon Thomas | Falcon R.N. |
<1794 | 1854 | Rear-Admiral | 7 |
| Maxwell | Falcon R.N. |
<1825 | >1857 | Commander | 8 |
| Charles George | Fane R.N. |
1837 | 1909 | Vice-Admiral | 23 |
| Arthur | Fanshawe R.N. |
1794 | 1864 | Admiral | 18 |
| Edward Gennys | Fanshawe R.N. |
1814 | 1906 | Admiral | 28 |
| Arthur | Farquhar R.N. |
1815 | 1908 | Admiral | 25 |
| Hawksworth | Fawkes R.N. |
1836 | 1876 | Captain | 13 |
| William Frederick | Fead R.N. |
<1824 | 1853 | Commander | 13 |
| Craven John | Featherstone R.N. |
1794 | 1870 | Commander | 8 |
| Charles | Fellowes R.N. |
1823 | 1886 | Vice-Admiral | 25 |
| Thomas | Fellowes R.N. |
1778 | 1853 | Rear-Admiral | 28 |
| Thomas Hounsom Butler | Fellowes R.N. |
1827 | 1923 | Captain | 20 |
| William Abdy | Fellowes R.N. |
1815 | 1878 | Captain | 11 |
| William Henry | Fenwick R.N. |
1827 | >1883 | Captain | 11 |
| Edward | Field R.N. |
<1851 | >1866 | Commander | 6 |
| John Bousquet | Field R.N. |
1819 | 1869 | Commander | 11 |
| John William | Finch R.N. |
<1811 | >1868 | Captain | 7 |
| Edmund Gardiner | Fishbourne R.N. |
1811 | 1887 | Captain | 23 |
| John Arbuthnot | Fisher R.N. |
1841 | 1920 | Admiral of the Fleet | 35 |
| Peter | Fisher R.N. |
1781 | 1844 | Captain | 6 |
| Peter | Fisher R.N. |
<1828 | >1853 | Captain | 8 |
| Thomas | Fisher R.N. |
<1824 | 1891 | Rear-Admiral | 14 |
| William | Fisher R.N. |
1780 | 1852 | Rear-Admiral | 10 |
| William Edward | Fisher R.N. |
<1831 | >1871 | Commander | 12 |
| Charles Sedgwick | Fitton R.N. |
1830 | 1880 | Commander | 9 |
| Hon James Terence | FitzMaurice R.N. |
1835 | 1917 | Commander | 11 |
| Lord Adolphus | Fitzclarence R.N. |
1802 | 1856 | Rear-Admiral | 25 |
| Adolphus Agustus Frederick | Fitzgeorge R.N. |
1846 | 1922 | Captain | 11 |
| Charles | Fitzgerald R.N. |
1792 | 1887 | Captain | 13 |
| John Coghlan | Fitzgerald R.N. |
1803 | 1859 | Captain | 18 |
| Richard Purefoy | Fitzgerald R.N. |
<1856 | >1861 | Lieutenant | 6 |
| Hon. John Frederick | Fitzgerald De Roos R.N. |
1804 | 1861 | Captain | 9 |
| James | Fitzjames R.N. |
<1825 | 1850 | Captain | 11 |
| Arthur George | Fitzroy R.N. |
1827 | 1861 | Commander | 12 |
| Robert | Fitzroy R.N. |
1805 | 1865 | Captain | 25 |
| Robert O'Brien | Fitzroy R.N. |
1839 | 1896 | Rear-Admiral | 10 |
| Richard Howell | Fleming R.N. |
1778 | 1856 | Commander | 9 |
| Archibald Douglas William | Fletcher R.N. |
1821 | 1882 | Commander | 16 |
| John Venour | Fletcher R.N. |
1801 | 1877 | Captain | 18 |
| Hon. Fitzgerald Algernon Charles | Foley R.N. |
1823 | 1903 | Vice-Admiral | 23 |
| Charles Edward | Foot R.N. |
1841 | 1884 | Captain | 15 |
| Henry Richard | Foote R.N. |
1817 | 1885 | Captain | 12 |
| John | Foote R.N. |
<1827 | 1854 | Captain | 11 |
| John | Foote R.N. |
1785 | 1853 | Captain | 11 |
| Arthur | Forbes R.N. |
<1828 | 1891 | Rear-Admiral | 14 |
| Charles Stuart | Forbes R.N. |
<1848 | >1862 | Commander | 5 |
| Frederick Edwyn | Forbes R.N. |
1819 | 1851 | Lieutenant | 11 |
| Henry | Forbes R.N. |
1787 | 1855 | Captain | 11 |
| Thomas George | Forbes R.N. |
<1822 | >1856 | Commander | 6 |
| Thomas | Forrest R.N. |
<1802 | 1844 | Captain | 6 |
| William | Forrester R.N. |
<1824 | >1839 | Lieutenant | 2 |
| Charles Codrington | Forsyth R.N. |
1810 | 1873 | Captain | 16 |
| Thomas Dyce Acland | Fortescue R.N. |
1821 | 1865 | Captain | 7 |
| William Newton | Fowell R.N. |
1803 | 1868 | Captain | 18 |
| Charles Colville | Frankland R.N. |
1797 | 1876 | Captain | 10 |
| Edward | Franklin R.N. |
<1810 | >1868 | Captain | 6 |
| Edward Bond Harrison | Franklin R.N. |
<1844 | >1890 | Captain | 7 |
| John | Franklin R.N. |
1776 | 1847 | Captain | 16 |
| John | Fraser R.N. |
1791 | 1861 | Captain | 8 |
| Thomas | Fraser R.N. |
1796 | 1870 | Captain | 10 |
| George Alexander | Frazer R.N. |
<1817 | >1851 | Captain | 10 |
| Charles | Frederick R.N. |
1797 | 1875 | Vice-Admiral | 20 |
| John Osmond | Freeland R.N. |
1810 | 1875 | Lieutenant | 13 |
| Charles Howe | Fremantle R.N. |
1800 | 1869 | Admiral | 22 |
| Edmund Robert | Fremantle R.N. |
1836 | 1929 | Admiral | 30 |
| Stephen Grenville | Fremantle R.N. |
1810 | >1853 | Captain | 11 |
| John James Bartholomew Edward | Frere R.N. |
1812 | 1864 | Captain | 11 |
| John | Fulford R.N. |
1809 | 1888 | Rear-Admiral | 15 |
| John Reginald Thomas | Fullerton R.N. |
1840 | 1918 | Vice-Admiral | 19 |
| James Holmes | Furneaux R.N. |
<1845 | >1859 | Commander | 4 |
| Henry John Windham Sherbrook Payne | Gallwey R.N. |
<1824 | >1864 | Commander | 6 |
| Robert Fitzgerald | Gambier R.N. |
1803 | 1885 | Captain | 13 |
| Alan Henry | Gardner R.N. |
1817 | >1872 | Captain | 12 |
| George Henry | Gardner R.N. |
<1829 | >1861 | Captain | 11 |
| George Johnson | Gardner R.N. |
<1805 | >1860 | Lieutenant | 6 |
| Edmund St John | Garforth R.N. |
<1857 | >1883 | Captain | 6 |
| Thomas Lovette | Gaussen R.N. |
<1832 | 1865 | Commander | 7 |
| Charles | Gayton R.N. |
<1811 | >1856 | Commander | 12 |
| Louis | Geneste R.N. |
<1854 | >1871 | Commander | 12 |
| John Henn | Gennys R.N. |
<1824 | >1864 | Commander | 13 |
| William Henn | Gennys R.N. |
<1840 | >1854 | Commander | 3 |
| Charles | Gibbons R.N. |
<1841 | >1877 | Commander | 5 |
| Robert | Gibson R.N. |
<1849 | >1871 | Captain | 13 |
| George | Giffard R.N. |
1815 | 1895 | Rear-Admiral | 21 |
| Henry Wells | Giffard R.N. |
1811 | 1854 | Captain | 17 |
| Viscount | Gilford R.N. |
1832 | 1907 | Admiral of the Fleet | 34 |
| William Fanshawe | Glanville R.N. |
<1821 | >1859 | Captain | 7 |
| William Nugent | Glascock R.N. |
<1800 | 1847 | Captain | 12 |
| Frederick Henry Hastings | Glasse R.N. |
1806 | 1884 | Rear-Admiral | 22 |
| Count | Gleichen R.N. |
<1863 | >1863 | Unknown! | 23 |
| Charles James Price | Glinn R.N. |
<1829 | >1848 | Lieutenant | 8 |
| John Hawley | Glover R.N. |
1829 | 1885 | Commander | 16 |
| Hon Henry Carr | Glyn R.N. |
1829 | 1884 | Vice-Admiral | 16 |
| Edmund Anthony | Glynn R.N. |
<1825 | 1893 | Commander | 5 |
| George | Goldsmith R.N. |
<1821 | >1858 | Captain | 18 |
| Hugh Colville | Goldsmith R.N. |
<1809 | 1841 | Lieutenant | 3 |
| Thomas Lewis | Gooch R.N. |
<1820 | 1876 | Captain | 9 |
| Thomas Sherlock | Gooch R.N. |
<1854 | >1856 | Lieutenant | 2 |
| James Graham | Goodenough R.N. |
<1851 | 1875 | Captain | 13 |
| Hugh | Goold R.N. |
1786 | 1866 | Commander | 8 |
| Alexander Crombie | Gordon R.N. |
1818 | 1893 | Captain | 16 |
| Alexander Duff | Gordon R.N. |
<1845 | >1855 | Commander | 3 |
| David MacDowall | Gordon R.N. |
1799 | 1848 | Lieutenant | 7 |
| George Thomas | Gordon R.N. |
<1818 | >1877 | Rear-Admiral | 17 |
| James Alexander | Gordon R.N. |
1816 | 1847 | Commander | 9 |
| James Gabriel | Gordon R.N. |
1786 | 1871 | Commander | 9 |
| John | Gordon R.N. |
<1805 | >1863 | Captain | 8 |
| William Elrington | Gordon R.N. |
1831 | 1897 | Rear-Admiral | 19 |
| William Everard Alphonso | Gordon R.N. |
<1830 | >1887 | Captain | 14 |
| Robert | Gore R.N. |
1810 | 1854 | Captain | 12 |
| Charles | Graham R.N. |
1792 | 1857 | Rear-Admiral | 12 |
| James Stanley | Graham R.N. |
1836 | 1873 | Commander | 11 |
| William | Graham R.N. |
1826 | >1891 | Admiral | 19 |
| Henry Duncan | Grant R.N. |
1834 | 1896 | Admiral | 19 |
| Henry James | Grant R.N. |
<1846 | >1857 | Commander | 5 |
| John | Grant R.N. |
<1806 | >1857 | Commander | 12 |
| John Frederick George | Grant R.N. |
1835 | >1890 | Rear-Admiral | 11 |
| Richard | Grant R.N. |
1783 | 1859 | Captain | 14 |
| William Burley | Grant R.N. |
<1852 | >1885 | Captain | 9 |
| Thomas | Graves R.N. |
1802 | 1856 | Captain | 15 |
| Edward Evans | Gray R.N. |
<1827 | >1860 | Commander | 7 |
| William | Greet R.N. |
<1825 | >1861 | Commander | 9 |
| William Filmer | Gregory R.N. |
<1853 | >1856 | Lieutenant | 2 |
| Sidney | Grenfell R.N. |
1806 | 1884 | Rear-Admiral | 24 |
| Henry Francis | Greville R.N. |
<1814 | 1864 | Captain | 6 |
| Stapleton John | Greville R.N. |
1826 | 1903 | Captain | 9 |
| Frederick William | Grey R.N. |
1805 | 1878 | Admiral | 25 |
| George | Grey R.N. |
1809 | 1891 | Vice-Admiral | 18 |
| William | Griffin R.N. |
<1812 | 1873 | Captain | 16 |
| Smyth | Griffith R.N. |
<1812 | >1860 | Lieutenant | 4 |
| James Blair | Grove R.N. |
<1854 | >1856 | Lieutenant | 2 |
| Charles Gerveys | Grylls R.N. |
1826 | 1860 | Commander | 7 |
| Edward Hall | Gunnell R.N. |
<1841 | >1855 | Commander | 4 |
The Mid-Victorian Royal Navy
