HMS Dido (1869) - Commanding Officers

Commanding Officers

From To Captain
20 April 1871 17 June 1876 Captain William Cox Chapman
27 May 1879 19 August 1879 Captain Arthur Richard Wright (died in command)
19 September 1879 16 February 1883 Captain Compton Edward Domvile
16 February 1883 25 September 1886 Captain Frederick Samuel Vander-Meulen

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