John O'Bryen (d.1804)

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John O'Bryen

NationalityBritish
RolesNaval Sailor
First Known Service13.10.1777CSORN
Last Known Service1798CSORN
Date of Death26.1.1804CSORN

Event History

Date from	Date to	Event	Source
13.10.1777		Lieutenant	CSORN
29.3.1783	15.4.1783	Ardent (64) 1782-1794 British 64 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , First Lieutenant ADM 6/23/41	ADM 6/23
15.4.1783	22.4.1786	Queen (90) 1769-1811 British 90 Gun 2nd Rate Ship of the Line , Fourth Lieutenant ADM 6/23/50	ADM 6/23
22.11.1790		Commander	CSORN
22.11.1790	11.2.1791	Bonetta (14) 1779-1797 British 14 Gun Unrated Sloop , Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/24/89	ADM 6/24
12.2.1791	26.6.1793	Resistance (22) 1782-1798 British 22 Gun 5th Rate Ship of the Line , Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/24/107	BWAS-1714
10.10.1793	1798	Shark (16) 1779-1818 British 16 Gun Unrated Sloop , Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/24/273	BWAS-1714
23.5.1797		Captain	CSORN

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 6/23 Archive

ADM 6/24 Archive

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

CSORNDavid Bonner-Smith, Robert L. DiNardo, David Syrett, Web Site

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Posted by John Hattendorf on Saturday 2nd of January 2021 22:46

This appears to be the Lieutenant John O'Bryen who commanded the armed galley Ferret during the Rhode Island operation in August 1778. See Naval Documents of the American Revolution, vol. 14 (2020), pp. 716 and 812.

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Thursday 23rd of July 2026 13:29	keith wilkie	British Third Rate ship of the line 'Yarmouth' (1745) (64) 1745-1811 British 64 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line
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Tuesday 21st of July 2026 16:47	Jon Miller	British sloop 'Drake' (1798) (14) 1798-1804 British 14 Gun Unrated Sloop

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