Sir Robert Mends (d.1823)

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Sir Robert Mends

NationalityBritish
RolesNaval Sailor
First Known Service26.8.1789CSORN
Last Known Service1821CSORN
Date of Death4.9.1823CSORN

Event History

Date from	Date to	Event	Source
1.		Appointed Knight Bachelor
26.8.1789		Lieutenant	CSORN
9.4.1791	27.10.1791	Childers (10) 1778-1811 British 10 Gun Unrated Sloop , First Lieutenant ADM 6/24/116	ADM 6/24
28.10.1791	19.2.1793	Childers (10) 1778-1811 British 10 Gun Unrated Sloop , First Lieutenant ADM 6/24/143	ADM 6/24
20.2.1793		Colossus (74) 1787-1798 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Third Lieutenant ADM 6/24/211	ADM 6/24
15.11.1796		Commander	CSORN
1.1797	6.1800	Diligence (16) 1795-1800 British 16 Gun Unrated Sloop , Commander, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1793
26.3.1800	2.5.1800	Abergavenny (54) 1795-1807 British 54 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line , Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 51/1307	NA-ROA
2.5.1800		Captain	CSORN
2.5.1800	21.7.1800	Abergavenny (54) 1795-1807 British 54 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 51/1307	NA-ROA
7.1800	4.1801	Thunderer (74) 1783-1814 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Captain, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1714
3.1801	6.1801	Quebec (32) 1781-1816 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , Captain, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1714
1802	9.1802	Nereide (36) 1797-1810 British 36 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , Captain, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1793
9.1808	1811	Arethusa (38) 1781-1814 British 38 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , Captain, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1714
5.4.1809		Capture of the Niémen
1812	1813	Assistance (74) 1769-1815 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line 1805 Renamed "Assistance" , Captain, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1714
6.6.1821		Iphigenia (36) 1810-1851 British 36 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , Captain, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1793
11.1822	4.9.1823	Owen Glendower (36) 1808-1884 British 36 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , Captain, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1793

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 6/24 Archive

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

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

NA-ROA Book

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Posted by Jon Miller on Saturday 11th of July 2026 18:42

Naval Appointments and Promotions: Captain Mends, to the Quebec. [Hampshire Telegraph, 2 March 1801]

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