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James Jones


NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
First Known Service15.3.1743/44CSORN
WifeEleanor
Last Known Service4.9.1764CSORN
Date of Death11.10.1780

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
15.3.1743/44 LieutenantCSORN
15.3.1743/447.10.1747
Dartmouth (50) 1741-1747
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms ADM 6/17/227
Issued by
Thomas MathewsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1749
, The Mediterranean Sea
Confirmed 20.5.1747
ADM 6/17
2.11.17463.6.1747
Portsmouth (24) 1742-1747
British 24 Gun
Unrated Storeship
, Lieutenant ADM 6/17/229
Issued by
Henry MedleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1706-1747
, The Mediterranean Sea
Confirmed 28.5.1747
ADM 6/19
6.10.17477.10.1747Capture of the Glorioso 
12.1.1747/4828.3.1748
Scorpion (14) 1746-1762
British 14 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Lieutenant ADM 6/17/309
ADM 6/17
28.3.17483.1.1748/49
Salisbury (50) 1746-1761
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms ADM 6/17/338
ADM 6/17
8.7.17528.7.1753
Hind (24) 1749-1784
British 24 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
, Lieutenant ADM 6/18/40
ADM 6/18
15.6.175623.2.1757
Edinburgh (64) 1744-1771
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, First Lieutenant ADM 6/18/279
ADM 6/18
24.6.17576.10.1758
Dunkirk (60) 1754-1792
British 60 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Second Lieutenant ADM 6/18/414
ADM 6/18
5.9.17576.10.1757Raid on Rochefort 
5.6.175812.6.1758Raid on Saint-Malo 
6.10.17586.5.1760
Dunkirk (60) 1754-1792
British 60 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, First Lieutenant ADM 6/18/543
ADM 6/18
29.12.1758 Capture of Goree 
20.11.1759 Battle of Quiberon Bay 
11.9.176117.6.1762
Blenheim (90) 1761-1801
British 90 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, First Lieutenant ADM 6/19/347
ADM 6/19
17.6.176226.1.1763
Neptune (90) 1756-1816
British 90 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
1784 Renamed "Neptune Hulk"
, First Lieutenant ADM 6/19/427
Issued by
Charles SaundersBritish
Naval Sailor
Marine
Service 1727-1773

Confirmed 9.8.1762
ADM 6/19
20.6.1765 CommanderCSORN
20.6.17652.4.1766
Swallow (14) 1745-1769
British 14 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/79
ADM 6/20
2.4.17664.4.1769
Fly (8) 1752-1772
British 8 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/113
BWAS-1714
30.5.17703.6.1773
Ranger (8) 1752-1783
British 8 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/279
BWAS-1714
5.9.17762.8.1777
Beaver (14) 1761-1783
British 14 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/21/211
ADM 6/21
19.5.1777 Oliver Cromwell vs Beaver 
2.8.1777 CaptainCSORN
2.8.177723.8.1777
Fowey (24) 1749-1781
British 24 Gun
6th Rate Ship
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/21/301
ADM 6/21
29.5.177811.10.1780
Penelope (24) 1778-1780
British 24 Gun
6th Rate Sloop
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/21/416
BWAS-1714
5.1781 His wife petitioned the Privy council for the grant of a pension, having been left a widow with an infant child, in which she claims that "her husband was unfortunately lost on the coast of Spain in October 1779". (Coast of Spain appears to be conjecture) 

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