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Sir Christopher Cole

NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
Date of Birth10.6.1770 - Marazion, CornwallWWNH
First Known Service5.1780WWNH
FatherHumphrey Coleref:616
MotherPhillis Maughanref:616
WifeMrs Mary Lucy Talbot, nee Strangways (d.1855)ref:616
Brother
John ColeBritish
Naval Sailor
Clergyman
Service 1780
ref:616
Brother
Francis ColeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1779-1795
ref:616
Last Known Service1828WWNH
Date of Death24.8.1836 - CardiffWWNH

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
5.17808.1780
Royal Oak (74) 1769-1815
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1805 Renamed "Assistance"
, Midshipman		WWNH
8.178010.1780
Raisonable (64) 1768-1815
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Midshipman		WWNH
10.17806.1781
Russell (74) 1764-1811
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Midshipman		WWNH
6.17815.1783
Princessa (70) 1780-1809
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Midshipman		WWNH
5.9.1781 Battle of the Chesapeake 
25.1.178226.1.1782Battle of Saint Kitts 
12.4.1782 Battle of the Saintes 
5.17837.1783
Trepassey (14) 1782-1784
British 14 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Midshipman		ref:616
7.17832.1785
Atalante (16) 1797-1807
British 16 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Midshipman		ref:616
6.17861.1789
Winchelsea (32) 1764-1814
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Midshipman		ref:616
1.178910.1790
Crown (64) 1782-1816
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Midshipman		ref:616
2.1.1789 Passed the Lieutenant's Examinationref:616
10.17906.1793
Minerva (38) 1780-1803
British 38 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
1798 Renamed "Pallas"
, Midshipman		ref:616
6.179317.9.1793
Bien Aimé (20) 1793-1794
British 20 Gun
Unrated Unknown
, Acting Lieutenant		ref:616
18.9.1793 LieutenantCSORN
18.9.179310.1794
Bien Aimé (20) 1793-1794
British 20 Gun
Unrated Unknown
, Lieutenant		ref:616
10.179410.6.1795
Cerberus (32) 1794-1814
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, First Lieutenant		ref:616
10.6.179529.1.1800
Sans Pareil (80) 1794-1842
British 80 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Lieutenant		ref:616
23.6.1795 Action of Ile Groix 
2.7.1799 Attack on Aix Roads 
30.1.1800 CommanderCSORN
30.1.18001801
Surinam (18) 1799-1803
British 18 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Commander, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1793
30.6.180120.1.1802
Leviathan (74) 1790-1848
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Commander, and Commanding Officer		ref:616
20.1.180219.4.1802
Southampton (32) 1757-1812
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Commander, and Commanding Officer		ref:616
20.4.1802 CaptainCSORN
20.4.180225.9.1802
Southampton (32) 1757-1812
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer		ref:616
6.180410.1807
Culloden (74) 1783-1813
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1714
18081810
Doris (36) 1807-1829
British 36 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
1807 Renamed "Doris"
, Captain, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1793
180912.1810
Cornwallis (50) 1805-1862
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Frigate
1811 Renamed "Akbar"
, Captain, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1793
9.2.181017.2.1810Capture of Abmoyna 
10.4.18101.1812
Caroline (36) 1795-1815
British 36 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1793
29.11.18103.12.1810Capture of Mauritius 
29.5.1812 Appointed Companion of the Order of the Bathref:616
3.18138.1814
Rippon (74) 1812-1821
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1793
21.10.1813 Capture of the Weser 
2.1.1815 Created 1st Knight Commander of the Order of the BathTKE1
28.4.1815 Married Maryref:616
1828 
Royal Sovereign (Lightly Armed) 1804-1849
British Lightly Armed Gun
Unrated Yacht
, Captain, and Commanding Officer		ref:616
21.7.183024.8.1836Appointed Colonel of Marinesref:616
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