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Browse officers in command: A - B; C - E; F - G; H - K; L - O; P - R; S - T; U - Z; ??
| George William Preedy R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Son of Robert Preedy, of Hampton, Worcestershire | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 1817 | Born | ||
| 27 September 1858 | C.B. (Companion of the Bath), civil | ||
| 1869 | C.B. (Companion of the Bath), military | ||
| 30 May 1894 | Died (Budleigh Salterton) | ||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 12 November 1828 | Entered Navy | ||
| 10 June 1844 | Lieutenant | ||
| 10 February 1853 | Commander | ||
| 29 September 1855 | Captain | ||
| 1 January 1874 | Retired Rear-Admiral | ||
| 30 January 1879 | Retired Vice-Admiral | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 10 February 1853 | Commander (2ic) in Duke of Wellington | ||
| 4 March 1854 | Commander (2ic) in Duke of Wellington, commanded by George Thomas Gordon, flagship of Vice-Admiral Charles Napier, the Baltic during the Russian War | ||
| 31 March 1858 | 1 September 1858 | Captain in Agamemnon, laying the first Transatlantic cable (initiated 16 August 1858, but stopped working only a couple of weeks later) | |
| 1 November 1858 | 17 July 1862 | Captain in Liffey (from commissioning at Portsmouth until paying off at Portsmouth), Channel squadron, then (July 1859) the Mediterranean, then (March 1862) the West Indies | |
| 12 January 1864 | 20 April 1866 | Captain in Hector (from commissioning at Portsmouth), Channel squadron | |
| 26 April 1866 | 30 October 1866 | Captain in Cumberland, guard ship of the steam reserve, Sheerness | |
| 26 October 1866 | Captain in Royal Adelaide, Devonport, flag-ship of the Port Admiral | ||
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