Sir Peter Richards (1787-1869)

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Sir Peter Richards

NationalityBritish
RolesNaval Sailor
Date of Birth1787W025
First Known Service1798W025
Last Known Service6.6.1855W025
Date of Death3.1869W025

Date from	Date to	Event	Source
1798		Entered the Navy	W025
12.12.1807		Lieutenant	CSORN
16.9.1816		Commander	W025
20.10.1826	17.9.1828	Pelorus (18) 1808-1841 British 18 Gun Unrated Sloop , Commander, and Commanding Officer	W025
17.9.1828		Captain	W025
19.12.1831	1834	Asia (84) 1824-1908 British 84 Gun 2nd Rate Ship of the Line , Captain, and Commanding Officer	W025
1.11.1835	1837	Volage (28) 1825-1874 British 28 Gun 6th Rate Frigate , Captain, and Commanding Officer	W025
5.4.1841	1844	Wildfire (74) 1813-1957 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line 1816 Renamed "Wildfire" , Captain, and Commanding Officer	W025
14.6.1842	16.6.1842	Capture of Woosung
24.12.1842		Appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath	W025
27.2.1845	1846	Hibernia (110) 1804-1902 British 110 Gun 1st Rate Ship of the Line , Captain, and Commanding Officer	W025
3.8.1846	5.5.1849	Royal Sovereign (Lightly Armed) 1804-1849 British Lightly Armed Gun Unrated Yacht , Captain, and Commanding Officer	W025
31.8.1850	1.1851	Cumberland (70) 1842-1889 British 70 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Captain, and Commanding Officer	W025
7.1.1851		Boscawen (70) 1844-1914 British 70 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Captain, and Commanding Officer	W025
3.6.1854	2.5.1857	Appointed Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty	W025
6.6.1855		Rear-Admiral	W025
7.6.1865		Appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath	W025

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