John Wight

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Jean-Louis PestelFrench
Ship Builder
Service 1793
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Le Cornélie (24) 1794-1797
French 24 Gun
6th Rate Frigate (Corvettes de Charge)
1795 Renamed "Calliope"
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Le Républicain (24) 1794-1799
French 24 Gun
6th Rate Corvette
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Pierre Dieudonné JaunezFrench
Ship Builder
Service 1806-1812
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Le Cygne (16) 1806-1808
French 16 Gun
Unrated Brig
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Jean-Baptiste LefebvreFrench
Ship Builder
Service 1804
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Endymion (16) 1805-1814
French 16 Gun
Unrated Brig
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Fanfaron (16) 1804-1809
French 16 Gun
Unrated Brig
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Le Curieux (16) 1800-1804
French 16 Gun
Unrated Brig
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John Wight

NationalityBritish
RolesNaval Sailor
First Known Service8.9.1796CSORN
Last Known Service29.4.1802CSORN

Date from	Date to	Event	Source
8.9.1796		Lieutenant	CSORN
3.1.1798		Commander	CSORN
12.1798	12.1799	Admiral de Vries (34) 1797-1806 British 34 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Commander, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1793
7.1800	29.4.1802	Wolverine (14) 1798-1804 British 14 Gun Unrated Gun-brig , Commander, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1793
29.4.1802		Captain	CSORN

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

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Posted by Anne Young on Monday 4th of January 2021 01:59

Wight was lieutenant on the Aimable see Royal Naval Biography for post captains of 1802 pages 600 - 605

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