Thomas Sturton (d.1754)

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Thomas Sturton

NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
First Known Service1720CSORN
Last Known Service16.1.1753CSORN
Date of Death22.5.1754CSORN

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
1720 Passed the Lieutenant's Examination ADM 107/3/106RNLPC
2.7.1739 LieutenantCSORN
2.7.173925.4.1741
Success (20) 1712-1743
British 20 Gun
6th Rate Ship
, Lieutenant ADM 6/15/193		ADM 6/15
23.3.1739/40 Attack on Chagres 
4.3.1740/415.1741Operations against Cartagena 
25.4.17418.6.1741
Rippon (60) 1735-1751
British 60 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Second Lieutenant ADM 6/17/202
Issued by
Edward VernonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1702-1746
, Jamaica
Confirmed 20.2.1746/47		ADM 6/17
8.6.174115.10.1741
Boyne (80) 1739-1763
British 80 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Second Lieutenant ADM 6/17/202
Issued by
Edward VernonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1702-1746
, Jamaica
Confirmed 20.2.1746/47		ADM 6/17
15.10.1741 CommanderADM 6/16
15.10.174127.3.1743
Phaeton (8) 1739-1743
British 8 Gun
Unrated Fireship
, Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/16/150
Confirmed 19.2.1742/43		BWAS-1714
28.3.1743 CaptainCSORN
29.12.174330.4.1745
Roebuck (44) 1743-1764
British 44 Gun
5th Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/16/254		BWAS-1714
1.5.17458.11.1745
Dunkirk (60) 1734-1749
British 60 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/171
Issued by
William RowleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1704-1763
, The Mediterranean Sea
Confirmed 8.11.1746		ADM 6/17
29.11.174531.12.1747
Berwick (70) 1743-1760
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/171
Issued by
William RowleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1704-1763
, The Mediterranean Sea
Confirmed 8.11.1746		BWAS-1714
31.12.174725.11.1748
Devonshire (66) 1747-1772
British 66 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/305		BWAS-1714
28.2.1748/4921.11.1752
Somerset (68) 1748-1778
British 68 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/445		BWAS-1714
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