Francis Wyatt (d.1777)

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Francis Wyatt

NationalityBritish
RolesNaval Sailor
First Known Service4.4.1740CSORN
Last Known Service18.2.1760CSORN
Date of Death1777CSORN

Event History

Date from	Date to	Event	Source
4.4.1740		Lieutenant	CSORN
3.7.1746	7.4.1747	Bristol (50) 1746-1768 British 50 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line , First Lieutenant: On board from 12.10.1746 ADM 6/17/122	ADM 6/17
7.5.1748		Commander	CSORN
7.5.1748	18.8.1748	Dispatch (14) 1745-1773 British 14 Gun Unrated Sloop , Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 3/17/351	BWAS-1714
11.3.1748/49	4.2.1750/51	Fly (8) 1732-1751 British 8 Gun Unrated Sloop , Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/447	BWAS-1714
24.1.1750/51	10.12.1751	Vulture (14) 1744-1761 British 14 Gun Unrated Sloop , Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/542	BWAS-1714
17.8.1756		Captain	CSORN
17.8.1756	9.3.1759	Lively (20) 1756-1778 British 20 Gun 6th Rate Ship , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/300	BWAS-1714
7.8.1759	18.2.1760	Wager (24) 1744-1763 British 24 Gun 6th Rate Ship , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/511 Issued by Thomas CoatesBritish Naval Sailor Service 1722-1762 , Jamaica Confirmed 15.6.1763	ADM 6/19

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 6/17 Archive

ADM 6/19 Archive

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

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

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Posted by Jon Miller on Sunday 24th of May 2026 13:09

London, undated: The Lords of the Admiralty have appointed Capt Hyat [sic, should be Wyatt], commander of the Fly sloop of war, to be Captain of the Vulture sloop now fitting out. [Kentish Post, 9 February 1751]

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