Surname: Allen, First Names : Robert Calder, CB
Awarded Medal (m) or Foreign Order (FO): m
Date or Year promoted to :
Master: 26/08/1841
Master (year) ‡ : 26/08/1841
Staff Captain: 01/07/1867
Navigating Lieutenant: 26/08/1841
Notes:
31 Aug 1841 apptd to the steam vessel Vixen, at Chatham (NNL 2/1842).
30 Sep 1843 apptd to the Dido.
1844 Dido, involved in anti-piracy patrols on the Coast of Borneo.
7 - 20 Aug 1844 various actions against the pirates of Sakarran destroying guns and prahus and burning villages.
27 Jan 1848 apptd to the Blenheim, steam guard ship at Portsmouth.
28 Feb 1850 apptd to the discovery ship Resolute, on Particular Service.
20 Jan 1852 apptd to the steam frigate Magicienne, then at Devonport.
Jun 1870 apptd to HM DY Deptford.
6 Sep 1878 GHP