# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Appointments to Ships B

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APPOINTMENTS TO SHIPS. [ B ] :
| Name of Officer. | Rank. | Ships. | Ships. | Captains. | Captains. | Captains. | Date of Appoint- ment. | Date of Appoint- ment. | Date of Appoint- ment. | Dates of Discharge, &c. | Dates of Discharge, &c. | Dates of Discharge, &c. | Dates of Discharge, &c. |
| Bacon, Henry | L. | | Daedalus | | Peter M‘Quhae | | 13 | Nov | 44 | 2 | Feb | 47 | |
| | „ | | Iris | | G. R. Mundy | | 2 | Feb | 47 | 5 | Aug | 47 | P.O. |
| | L. | | Caledonia | | T. W. Carter | | 24 | Jun | 48 | Add. for ser- vice in Racer. | Add. for ser- vice in Racer. | Add. for ser- vice in Racer. | Add. for ser- vice in Racer. |
| | „ | | Racer | | Self | | 14 | Jul | 48 | 28 | Feb | 49 | |
| | L. | | Caledonia | | T. W. Carter | | 28 | Feb | 49 | | | | |
| Bailey, Jon. C. | L.(Ag.) | | Wolverene | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | W. J. C. Clifford John C. D. Hay | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 1 | Apr | 45 | 11 | May | 47 | P.O. |
| | L.-Cr. | | Sharpshooter | | Self | | 29 | Mar | 48 | | | | |
| Bainbridge, Henry | L. | | Rolla | | John Simpson | | 21 | Feb | 45 | 23 | June | 46 | |
| | „ | | Mutine | | R. B. Crawford | | | June | 46 | 31 | July | 46 | P.O. |
| Baker, Jno. R. | L.-Cr. | | Ardent | | Self | | 17 | Nov | 46 | 4 | Nov | 47 | Supd. |
| Baker, Vashon | L. | | Espiègle | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | T. P. Thompson E. A. Inglefield F. A. Campbell | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 11 | Mar | 45 | 3 | Feb | 49 | P.O. |
| Baker, H. M. | L. | | Pique | | Hon. M. Stopford | | 17 | Jun | 42 | 4 | July | 46 | P.O. |
| Baker, George | L. | | Rodney | | Edw. Collier C.B. | | 16 | Mar | 46 | 8 | Mar | 49 | P.O. |
| Baker, Henry | L. | | Excellent | | H. D. Chads | | 11 | Feb | 47 | 30 | Mar | 47 | |
| | L.-Cr. | | Kestrel | | Self | | 30 | Mar | 47 | | | | |
| Baldock, Thos. | Cr. | | Ocean | | David Price | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | 19 | Aug | 46 | 10 | Jan | 48 | P.O. |
| Baldock, Thos. | Cr. | | Ocean | | David Price | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | 11 | Jan | 49 | 10 | Jan | 48 | P.O. |
| Balfour, C. J. | L. | | Collingwood | | Robert Smart | | 7 | May | 44 | 9 | Nov | 46 | |
| Balfour, E. R. J. | L. | | President | | Wm. P. Stanley | | 16 | May | 46 | 12 | June | 47 | |
| | L. | | Brilliant | | R. B. Watson | | 12 | Jun | 47 | | | | |
| Balfour G. M. | L. | | Trincomalee | | R. L. Warren | | 23 | July | 47 | 26 | July | 48 | |
| Ballard, James B. | L.(Ag.) | | Wolverene | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | W. J. C. Clifford John C. D. Hay | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 1 | Apr | 45 | 11 | May | 47 | P.O. |
| | L. | | Raleigh | | Edw. Tatham | | 21 | Oct | 47 | 8 | Mar | 48 | |
| | L. | | Alecto | | V. A. Massingberd | | 8 | Mar | 48 | 7 | Dec | 48 | |
| | „ | | Raleigh | | Hon. George Hope | | 7 | Dec | 48 | | | | |
| Bamber, C. R. | L. | | Victory | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | John Pasco R. A. Yates | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 29 | Aug | 46 | 1 | Dec | 47 | P.O. |
| | „ | | Ditto | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | Charles Eden F. P. Blackwood | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 1 | Dec | 47 | | | | |
| Barnard, F. L. | L. | | Cleopatra | | Christopher Wyvill | | 27 | Dec | 46 | 27 | Mar | 47 | P.O. |
| | „ | | Price Regent | | W. F. Martin | | 24 | Jan | 48 | | | | |
| Barnard, Edw. | L. | | Penelope | | H. W. Gifford | | 22 | Dec | 46 | 4 | Jan | 47 | Hosp. |
| Barnard, Edw. | L. | | Penelope | | H. W. Gifford | | 22 | Dec | 46 | 4 | Jan | 47 | Hosp. |
| | „ | | Vindictive | | Sir W. S. Wiseman | | 5 | Apr | 47 | 29 | Jun | 47 | Invd. |
| | „ | | Resistance | | Gower Lowe | | 9 | Mar | 48 | 14 | Sept | 48 | P.O. |
| Barnard, E. K. | L. | | Virago | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | G. G. Otway John Lunn | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 27 | May | 43 | 16 | Nov | 47 | P.O. |
| | „ | | Excellent | | H. D. Chads | | 7 | Jan | 48 | Ag. in Driver | Ag. in Driver | Ag. in Driver | Ag. in Driver |
| | L.(Ag.) | | Driver | | Self | | | Aug | 48 | | | | |
| Barnard, John J. | L. | | Investigator | | E. J. Bird | | 2 | Mar | 48 | | | | |
| Barnes, John | L. | | Caledonia | | H. H. Dixon | | 12 | Nov | 46 | 23 | Dec | 47 | |
| Barnett, Edw. | Cr. | | Thunder | | Self | | 20 | June | 46 | 32 | Aug | 48 | P.O. |
| Barrie, William | L. | | Daphne | | John James Onslow | | 4 | Aug | 42 | 12 | Jan | 47 | |
| Barrow, Arthur | L. | | Ranger | | James Anderson | | 31 | Dec | 44 | 3 | May | 48 | P.O. |
| Barrow, T. J. R. | L. | | Racer | | C. H. Beddoes | | 13 | Mar | 49 | | | | |
| | „ | | Inconstant | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | C. H. Fremantle Ch. Wise | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 14 | May | 46 | 27 | Mar | 47 | |
| | „ | | Virago | | John Lunn | | 27 | Mar | 47 | 16 | Nov | 47 | P.O. |
| | L. | | Hibernia | | Ch. Wise | | 1 | Nov | 48 | | | | |
| Bateman, Reginald | L. | | Excellent | | H. D. Chads | | 7 | Jan | 48 | 5 | May | 48 | |
| | „ | | Asia | | R. F. Stopford | | 5 | May | 48 | | | | ​ |
| Bathurst, John O. | L. | | Collingwood | | Robert Smart | | 7 | May | 44 | 18 | Nov | 46 | Invd. |
| | „ | | Vixen | | A. P. Ryder | | 14 | June | 47 | | | | |
| | „ | | Merlin | | Self | | 17 | May | 48 | | | | |
| Bayfield, H. W. | C. | | Wellesley | | George Goldsmith | | 17 | June | 48 | | | | |
| Bayley, Henry | L. | | Hibernia | | Peter Richards | | 6 | Dec | 45 | Lent to Hecla | Lent to Hecla | Lent to Hecla | Lent to Hecla |
| | „ | | Hecla | | John Duffill | | 8 | Jan | 46 | Lent to Amazon | Lent to Amazon | Lent to Amazon | Lent to Amazon |
| | „ | | Amazon | | | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | 23 | Feb | 46 | 26 | Jan | 47 | |
| | „ | | Amazon | | | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | 26 | Jan | 47 | 6 | Apr | 48 | P.O. |
| Baynes, R. L. | C. | | Bellerophon | | Self | | 23 | Sep | 47 | | | | |
| Beale, R. B. | L. | | Dido | | J. B.Maxwell | | 15 | May | 46 | 2 | Feb | 49 | P.O. |
| Beauclerk, Lord A.W. | L. | | Curaçoa | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | Sir T. S, Pasley T. S. Thompson (Ag.) William Broughton | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 9 | Feb | 44 | 9 | Nov | 46 | |
| | Cr. | | Stromboli | | Self | | 11 | Nov | 47 | | | | |
| Becher, A. B. | Cr. | | Mastiff | | Self | | 1 | Feb | 47 | 6 | Apr | 48 | |
| Beddoes, C. H. | Cr. | | Racer | | Self | | 28 | Feb | 49 | | | | |
| Bedford, G. A. | Cr. | | Crocodile | | Gower Lowe | | 1 | Dec | 45 | 26 | Nov | 46 | |
| Bedford, E. J. | L. | | Shearwater | | C. G. Robinson | | 31 | Jan | 43 | 28 | Oct | 47 | P.O. |
| | „ | | San Josef | | Sir H. J. Leeke | | 14 | Feb | 48 | 1848 | 1848 | | |
| | „ | | Impregnable | | Sir T. Maitland | | 1 | Jan | 49 | | | | |
| Bedford, R. T. | L. | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | Victoria and Albert | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | Lord A. FitzClarence | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | 14 | Jun | 47 | 31 | Dec | 47 | P.O. |
| Bedford, R. T. | L. | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | Victoria and Albert | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | Lord A. FitzClarence | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | 1 | Jan | 48 | 16 | Oct | 48 | |
| Bedingfield, N. B. | L. | | Hecate | | Richard Moorman | | 14 | Sept | 47 | 5 | Aug | 47 | |
| Beechey, F. W. | C. | | Firefly | | Self | | 16 | Mar | 44 | 16 | Oct | 47 | |
| | „ | | Caledonia | | M. H. Dixon | | 16 | Oct | 47 | 20 | Jan | 48 | |
| | „ | | San Josef | | Sir H. J. Leeke | | 28 | Jan | 48 | 1848 | 1848 | | |
| | „ | | Impregnable | | Sir Thomas Maitland | | 1 | Jan | 49 | | | | |
| Beechey, R. B. | L.-Cr. | | Tartarus | | James Wolfe | | 31 | Mar | 46 | 7 | Nov | 46 | P.O. |
| | Cr. | | Crocodile | | Samuel R. Protheroe | | 8 | Mar | 46 | | | | |
| Belcher, Sir Edw. | C. | | Samarang | | Self | | 18 | Nov | 42 | 18 | Jan | 47 | P.O. |
| Belgrave, Thomas | L. | | Thunderbolt | | Self | | 25 | May | 46 | 21 | Aug | 46 | |
| | F.L. | | President | | William P. Stanley | | 26 | Aug | 46 | 16 | Mar | 48 | |
| | Cr. | | Nimrod | | Self | | 16 | Mar | 48 | | | | |
| Bellamy, Joseph H. | L. | | Caledonia | | M. H. Dixon | | 10 | June | 46 | 28 | Jan | 48 | |
| | „ | | Agincourt | | W. B. Mends | | 28 | Jan | 48 | | | | |
| Bennett, Thomas | C. | | Imaum | | Self | | 7 | Feb | 48 | | | | |
| Beresford, H. B. | L. | | Calliope | | Edw. Stanley | | 19 | Jul | 45 | 9 | Jan | 49 | P.O. |
| Berington, Rowland | L. | | Belleisle | | John Kingcome | | 21 | Nov | 46 | 19 | Oct | 47 | |
| | „ | | Vindictive | | Sir W. S. Wiseman | | 19 | oct | 47 | 20 | Nov | 47 | |
| | „ | | Alarm | | G. G. Loch | | 20 | Nov | 47 | 17 | Oct | 48 | Invd. |
| Bernard, Henry | L. | | Pickle | | Self | | 27 | Feb | 46 | 4 | June | 47 | |
| | „ | | Vindictive | | Sir W. S. Wiseman | | 4 | June | 47 | 6 | Oct | 47 | |
| | „ | | Daring | | William Peel | | 6 | Oct | 47 | 21 | Nov | 47 | |
| | L.-Cr. | | Viper | | Self | | 21 | Nov | 47 | | | | |
| Bingham, John E. | Cr. | | Acorn | | Self | | 14 | Dec | 44 | 8 | Aug | 48 | P.O. |
| Birch, Thomas F. | Cr. | | Waterwitch | | Self | | 7 | Sept | 44 | 25 | Nov | 47 | P.O. |
| Bird, Edw. J. | C. | | Investigator | | Self | | 29 | Feb | 48 | | | | |
| Birtwhistle, A. C. | L. | | Vixen | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | A. P. Ryder Robert Jenner | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 29 | May | 47 | | | | |
| Blackett, Edw. A. | L. | | Fury | | James Willcox | | 23 | July | 47 | | | | |
| Blackwood, Sir H. M. | C. | | Fox | | Self | | 14 | Oct | 43 | 5 | Aug | 48 | P.O. |
| Blackwood, Fr. P. | C. | | Victory | | Self | | 13 | Nov | 48 | | | | |
| Blake, Pat. J. | C. | | Juno | | Self | | 3 | Sept | 45 | 14 | Feb | 49 | P.O. |
| Blake, E. H. | L. | | Melampus | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | John N. Campbell Thos. H. Mason, C.B. | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 24 | Mar | 45 | | | | |
| Blanckley, H. D. | L. | | Inflexible | | John C. Hoseason | | 12 | June | 46 | | | | |
| Bland, Alleyne | L. | | Racehorse | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | G. J. Hay E. S. Sotheby | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 24 | Mar | 45 | 24 | Aug | 48 | P.O. |
| Blennerhasset, N. D. C. | L. | | Alecto | | V. A.Massingberd | | 8 | July | 47 | | | | |
| Blomfield, Henry J. | L. | | Odin | | F. T. Pelham | | 16 | Oct | 47 | | | | |
| Bonham, C. W. | L. | | Hibernia | | Peter Richards, C.B. | | 2 | Nov | 46 | 24 | Dec | 46 | |
| | L. | | Trafalgar | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | John N. Nott Charles Hope | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 24 | Dec | 46 | 30 | June | 48 | P.O. |
| Booth. Aug. S. | L. | | Penelope | | Sir Charles Hotham | | 2 | Dec | 46 | 14 | Feb | 47 | |
| | „ | | Espoir | | G. S. Hand | | 14 | Feb | 47 | 14 | Apr | 47 | P.O. |
| | L. | | Howe | | Sir James Stirling | | 30 | Apr | 47 | 15 | May | 48 | |
| Borland, Osw. | L. | | Mutine | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | Robert tryon John J. Palmer | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 28 | Jan | 47 | 26 | Feb | 49 | Wrecked |
| Borlase, John | L. | | Hibernia | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | Peter Richards, C.B. Charles Wise | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 1 | Mar | 45 | | | | |
| Bosanquet, C. J. | Cr. | | Alert | | Self | | 28 | July | 43 | 17 | May | 46 | Invd. |
| Boughey, C. F. F. | L. | | Philomel | | W. C. Wood | | 20 | Mar | 47 | | | | ​ |
| Bourchier, Sir Thomas | C. | | Poictiers | | Self | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | 20 | Sept | 46 | 18 | Mar | 48 | P.O. |
| Bourchier, Sir Thomas | C. | | Poictiers | | Self | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | 18 | Mar | 48 | | | 49 | |
| Bourchier, Macdonald | L. | | Queen | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | Sir B. W. Walker Sir H. J. Leeke Sir J. J. Bremner H. W. Bruce | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 8 | July | 45 | | | | |
| Bouverie, F. W. P. | Cr. | | Electra | | Self | | 17 | Mar | 47 | 9 | Mar | 49 | |
| Bowden, William | L.(Ag.) | | Gladiator | | John Robb | | 26 | Oct | 47 | 10 | Mar | 49 | P.O. |
| Bowyear, G. Le. G. | L. | | Pilot | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | W. H. Jervis G. K. Wilson | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 15 | July | 43 | 23 | Sept | 47 | P.O. |
| | „ | | Meander | | Hon. H. Keppel | | 1 | Nov | 47 | | | | |
| Boxer, James M. | L. | | Vindictive | | Sir W. S. Wiseman | | 2 | Dec | 47 | 5 | May | 48 | |
| | „ | | Wellesley | | George Goldsmith | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | 5 | May | 48 | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$22 | Mar | 49 | Invd. |
| | „ | | Wellesley | | George Goldsmith | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | 18 | Aug | 48 | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$22 | Mar | 49 | Invd. |
| Boyce, F. A. | L. | | Asia | | R. F. Stopford | | 26 | Aug | 47 | | | | |
| Boyd, John M‘Neill | L. | | Eurydice | | George Elliot | | 8 | July | | 14 | Oct | 46 | |
| | „ | | Thetis | | H. J. Codrington | | 14 | Oct | 46 | | | | |
| Boyle, Alex. | Cr. | | Thunderbolt | | Self | | 27 | Dec | 45 | 1847 | 1847 | 1847 | |
| Boyle, Hon. R. F. | L. | | Spiteful | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | William Maitland C. F. Newland John C. D. Hay Sir William Hoste, Bt. | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 17 | June | 44 | 30 | July | 47 | P.O. |
| | L.-Cr. | | Dolphin | | Self | | 9 | Sept | 47 | | | | |
| Boys, George S. | L. | | Childers | | John C. Pitman | | 19 | Aug | 46 | 5 | Oct | 46 | Invd. |
| | „ | | Hibernia | | Peter Richards, C.B. | | 4 | Oct | 47 | 24 | May | 48 | |
| | „ | | Vanguard | | G. F. Rich | | 24 | May | 48 | | | | |
| Boys,Henry | L. | | Snake | | T. B. Brown | | 7 | Feb | 46 | 11 | Mar | 47 | |
| | „ | | Conway | | William Kelly (b) | | 11 | Mar | 47 | 15 | July | 47 | P.O. |
| | „ | | Excellent | | H. D. Chads | | 23 | July | 47 | | | | |
| | „ | | Centaur | | C. H. M. Buckle | | 1 | Jan | 49 | | | | |
| Branch, John P. | L. | | Lily | | C. J. F. Newton | | 21 | Dec | 44 | 10 | July | 47 | P.O. |
| | „ | | Excellent | | H. D. Chads | | 9 | Aug | 47 | 13 | Apr | 48 | |
| | „ | | Caledonia | | T. W. Carter | | 13 | Apr | 48 | 18 | Sept | 48 | |
| | „ | | Cyclops | | Hon. G. F. Hastings | | 18 | Sept | 48 | | | | |
| Brandretb, Thomas | L. | | Constance | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | Sir B. W. Walker G. W. C. Courtenay | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 23 | Apr | 46 | | | | |
| Bremer, Sir J. J. G. | C. | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | William & Mary | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | Self | | 24 | Nov | 46 | 8 | Oct | 46 | |
| | „ | | Fisgard | | Self | | 24 | Oct | 47 | 1848 | 1848 | 1848 | Supd. |
| Brickwell. S. J. | L. | | Albatross | | A. Farquhar | | 18 | Nov | 46 | | | | |
| Bridge, E. W. | L. | | Vindictive | | Michael Seymour | | 18 | Jan | 47 | 21 | June | 47 | |
| | L.-Cr. | | Hermes | | Self | | 21 | June | 47 | 26 | Oct | 47 | P.O. |
| | „ | | Champion | | John M. Hayes | | 18 | Feb | 48 | | | | |
| Bridge. W. H. | L. | | Vanguard | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | G. W. Willes Robert Tryon G. F. Rich | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 24 | July | 45 | | | | |
| Bridges, James H. | L. | | Columbine | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | E. P. B. Van Donop John C. D. Hay | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 9 | Nov | 46 | | | | |
| Brine, George A. | L. | | Carysfort | | George H. Seymour | | 13 | Dec | 45 | 25 | Sept | 47 | |
| | „ | | Grampus | | H. B. Martin | | 25 | Sept | 47 | 20 | Oct | 48 | P.O. |
| Brisbane, J. W. D. | Cr. | | Larne | | Self | | 14 | Nov | 43 | 6 | July | 47 | P.O. |
| Brock, Thomas S. | Cr. | | Bonetta | | Self | | 5 | Mar | 44 | 15 | Sept | 47 | P.O. |
| Bromley, Charles | L. | | Agincourt | | James T. Caldwell | | 3 | Sept | 45 | 13 | Nov | 46 | |
| | „ | | Racehorse | | E. S. Sotheby | | 13 | Nov | 45 | 15 | May | 47 | |
| | „ | | Bellerophon | | R. L. Baynes, C.B. | | 29 | May | 48 | 19 | June | 48 | Hosp. |
| | „ | | Amazon | | E. N. Tronbridge | | 26 | Oct | 48 | | | | |
| Broughton, William | C. | | Curaçoa | | Self | | 12 | Jan | 46 | 4 | Sept | 47 | P.O. |
| Broun, George | Cr. | | St. Vincent | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | Sir Richard Grant Sir F. Collier | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 7 | Nov | 45 | 17 | Jan | 47 | Supd. |
| Brown, Fr. T. | Cr. | | Geyser | | Self | | 28 | Oct | 46 | | | | |
| Brown, Ch. F. | Cr. | | Kingfisher | | Self | | 28 | Aug | 45 | 21 | Mar | 46 | Invd. |
| Brown, Thomas B. | Cr. | | Snake | | Self | | 10 | Jan | 46 | 7 | Mar | 48 | Invd. |
| Brown, Lord John T. | L. | | Hibernia | | Peter Richards, C.B. | | 23 | Feb | 47 | 12 | Mar | 47 | |
| | „ | | Volage | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | Horatio T. Austin Thomas Graves | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 12 | Mar | 47 | | | | |
| Browne, W. H. J. | L. | | Enterprise | | Sir James C. Ross | | 31 | Jan | 48 | | | | |
| Brownrigg, M. F. | L. | | San Josef | | Sir Thomas Maitland | | 17 | Apr | 48 | | | | |
| | „ | | Impregnable | | Ditto | | 1 | Jan | 49 | | | | |
| Bruce, H. W. | C. | | Queen | | Self | | 4 | Nov | 47 | | | | |
| Bruce, Thomas C. | L. | | Vernon | | John C. Fitzgerald | | 26 | May | 46 | 17 | Oct | 46 | |
| | „ | | Alecto | | F. W. Austen | | 17 | Oct | 46 | 19 | Aug | 47 | ​ |
| | L. | | Satellite | | R. H. B. Rowley | | 19 | Aug | 47 | 17 | Nov | 47 | P.O. |
| | „ | | Excellent | | H. D. Chads | | 20 | Nov | 47 | 17 | Nov | 47 | P.O. |
| | L.(Ag.) (temp.) | | Driver | | C. R. Johnson | | | Aug | 48 | | | | |
| | „ | | Caledonia | | Thomas W. Carter | | 28 | Feb | 49 | | | | |
| Brydges, Thomas | L. | | Victory | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | John Pasco R. A. Yates | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 2 | Jun | 46 | 1 | Dec | 47 | |
| Buckle, C. H. M. | C. | | Centaur | | Self | | 1 | Jan | 49 | | | | |
| Bull, James | L. | | Sealark | | T. L. Gooch | | 28 | Oct | 43 | 1 | July | 46 | |
| | „ | | Hydra | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | H. B. Young Arthur Morrell | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 1 | July | 46 | 20 | Apr | 47 | |
| | „ | | Fly | | R. A. Oliver | | 30 | Oct | 47 | | | | |
| Bullen, R. E. | L. | | Victory | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | Charles Eden F. P. Blackwood | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 1 | Dec | 47 | | | | |
| Bullen, Charles | L. | | Superb | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | A. L. Corry W. H. Stephens | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 14 | Dec | 44 | | Mar | 47 | |
| Bullock, Frederick | C. | | Porcupine | | Self | | 1 | July | 44 | 30 | Oct | 47 | P.O. |
| | „ | | Fisgard | | Self | | 31 | Oct | 47 | | | | |
| Bullock, Horace | L. | | Caledonia | | T. W. Carter | | 18 | Sept | 48 | 2 | Mar | 49 | Invd. |
| Bunce, B. H. | L. | | Tyne | | W. N. Glascock | | 25 | Apr | 43 | 15 | Jan | 47 | P.O. |
| | „ | | Superb | | W. H. Stephens | | 11 | mar | 47 | 28 | Nov | 48 | P.O. |
| Burnett, W. F. | L. | | Eagle | | G. B.Martin, C.B. | | 19 | Dec | 44 | 11 | Mar | 48 | |
| Burroughes, H. N. | L. | | Howe | | Sir James Stirling | | 30 | Apr | 47 | | | | |
| Burrows, Montagu | L. | | Excellent | | H. D. Chads | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | 4 | Nov | 46 | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$30 | Jun | 47 | P.O. |
| Burrows, Montagu | L. | | Excellent | | H. D. Chads | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | 1 | July | 47 | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$30 | Jun | 47 | P.O. |
| Burstal, Edw. | L. | | Porcupine | | Frederick Bullock | | 12 | Jan | 46 | 30 | Oct | 47 | P.O. |
| | „ | | Fisgard | | Ditto | | 31 | Oct | 47 | | | | |
| Burton, Aug. J, | L. | | Vindictive | | Michael Seymour | | 20 | Jan | 45 | 16 | June | 48 | P.O. |
| Butler, Lord C. W. | L. | | Calliope | | Edw. Stanley | | 28 | June | 45 | 9 | Jan | 49 | P.O. |
| Butler, Aug. | L. | | Hibernia | | Peter Richards, C.B. | | 27 | Mar | 46 | | Dec | 46 | |
| | „ | | Phoenix | | J. S. A. Dennis | | 24 | Dec | 46 | 4 | Sept | 47 | P.O. |
| | „ | | Excellent | | H. D. Chads | | 6 | Sept | 47 | 7 | Jan | 48 | |
| | „ | | Wellesley | | George Goldsmith | | 7 | Jan | 48 | | | | |
| Buttler, George | L. | | Meteor | | Self | | 8 | Aug | 45 | 8 | Nov | 48 | |
| Byng, Hon. John R. M. | L. | | Vengeance | | Stephen Lushington | | 15 | Oct | 46 | 9 | Aug | 48 | |
| | „ | | Hecate | | Richard Moorman | | 9 | Aug | 48 | 11 | Sept | 48 | |
| | „ | | Ocean | | George Elliot | | 11 | Sept | 48 | | | | |
| Byng, John C. | L. | | Rose | | R. W. Pelly | | 14 | Sept | 46 | | Sept | 46 | |
| | „ | | Vindictive | | Michael Seymour | | | Sept | 46 | 18 | Jan | 47 | |
| | „ | | Endymion | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | G. W. C. Courtenay Hon. Geo. F. Hastings | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 18 | Jan | 47 | 18 | Jan | 48 | P.O. |
| | „ | | Rodney | | Edward Collier, C.B. | | 7 | Feb | 48 | 6 | Dec | 48 | |
| | „ | | Hibernia | | Charles Wise | | 6 | Dec | 48 | | | | |