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William Gordon Rutherford


NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
Date of Birth1765 - Bowland nr Wilmington, North CarolinaNAO
First Known Service2.8.1778NAO
FatherJohn RutherfordNAO
MotherMrs Francis Johnson (nee Button)NAO
WifeLilias Richardson (d 1831/11/05)NAO
Last Known Service11.1807NAO
Date of Death14.6.1818 - Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich NAO

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
12.8.1765 Baptised in Wilmington, North CarolinaNAO
2.8.177820.8.1778
Suffolk (74) 1765-1803
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Landman
NAO
21.8.17787.12.1778
Suffolk (74) 1765-1803
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain's Servant
NAO
8.12.17781.6.1779
Monarch (74) 1765-1813
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain's Servant
NAO
2.6.17793.11.1779
Monarch (74) 1765-1813
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Able Seaman
NAO
4.11.177913.10.1780
Monarch (74) 1765-1813
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Midshipman
NAO
8.1.1780 Attack on the Caracas Convoy 
16.1.1780 Battle of Cape St. Vincent 
14.10.178011.11.1780
Artois (40) 1780-1786
British 40 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Able Seaman
NAO
12.11.178013.3.1781
Iphigenia (32) 1780-1801
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Able Seaman
NAO
14.3.178124.12.1781
Iphigenia (32) 1780-1801
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Midshipman
NAO
5.8.1781 Battle of Dogger Bank 
4.9.17815.2.1782
Saint George (98) 1785-1811
British 98 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, Able Seaman
NAO
25.12.178126.2.1782
Leocadia (36) 1781-1794
British 36 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Midshipman
NAO
27.2.17826.4.1782
Britannia (100) 1762-1825
British 100 Gun
1st Rate Ship of the Line
1812 Renamed "Princess Royal"
1812 Renamed "Saint George"
1819 Renamed "Barfleur"
, Midshipman
NAO
3.8.178520.9.1785
Edgar (74) 1779-1835
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1814 Renamed "Retribution"
, Able Seaman
NAO
13.8.17905.1.1791
Cambridge (80) 1755-1808
British 80 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Midshipman
NAO
29.3.17913.9.1791
Cambridge (80) 1755-1808
British 80 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Midshipman
NAO
1.9.179329.9.1793
Cambridge (80) 1755-1808
British 80 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Midshipman
NAO
11.17939.1.1794
Boyne (98) 1790-1795
British 98 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, Acting Lieutenant
NAO
9.1.1794 LieutenantCSORN
9.1.17947.1794
Boyne (98) 1790-1795
British 98 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, Lieutenant
NAO
7.17946.1795
Nautilus (14) 1794-1815
British 14 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Commander, and Commanding Officer
NAO
4.7.1794 CommanderCSORN
8.1795 Married LiliasNAO
11.17959.1796
Adventure (44) 1784-1816
British 44 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Commander, and Commanding Officer
NAO
9.179615.11.1796
Dictator (64) 1783-1817
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Commander, and Commanding Officer
NAO
15.11.1796 CaptainCSORN
15.11.17965.1799
Brunswick (74) 1790-1826
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
NAO
17971798
Dictator (64) 1783-1817
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1714
6.180314.5.1805
Decade (36) 1798-1811
British 36 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1793
15.5.180511.1807
Swiftsure (74) 1804-1845
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
NAO
21.10.1805 Battle of Trafalgar 
4.6.1815 Appointed Companion of the Order of the Bathref:1811

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