Loftus Otway Bland (d.1810)

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Loftus Otway Bland

NationalityBritish
RolesNaval Sailor
First Known Service6.9.1794CSORN
Last Known Service18.1.1808CSORN
Date of Death1810CSORN
Will Probated3.8.1810, PROB 11/1514/31

Event History

Date from	Date to	Event	Source
6.9.1794		Lieutenant	CSORN
1795		Lively (32) 1794-1798 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , Third Lieutenant	N-GAZ
13.3.1795		Lively vs Tourterelle
11.8.1797		Commander	CSORN
9.1797	5.1798	Thunder (10) 1797-1802 British 10 Gun Unrated Bomb Vessel , Commander, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1793
6.1798	1799	Espoir (14) 1797-1804 British 14 Gun Unrated Sloop , Commander, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1793
7.8.1798		Espoir vs Liguria
25.9.1798		Captain	CSORN
1.1799	2.1799	Tonnant (80) 1798-1821 British 80 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Captain, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1793
8.1800	1805	Heureux (22) 1799-1806 British 22 Gun 6th Rate Post Ship , Captain, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1793
21.6.1803	1.7.1803	Capture of St. Lucia and Tobago
10.1804	3.1805	Blenheim (74) 1801-1807 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Captain, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1714
6.5.1805	18.1.1808	Flora (18) 1780-1808 British 18 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , Captain, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1714

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

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

N-GAZJ. W. Norie, Book

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