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Charles Sydney Davers

NationalityBritish
RolesNaval Sailor
First Known Service4.11.1790CSORN
Last Known Service1803CSORN

Event History

Date from	Date to	Event	Source
4.11.1790		Lieutenant	ADM 6/24
4.11.1790	10.1.1793	Fox (32) 1780-1816 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , Second Lieutenant ADM 6/24/87	ADM 6/24
13.5.1794		Commander	ADM 6/25
13.5.1794	1.1796	Bulldog (16) 1782-1801 British 16 Gun Unrated Sloop , Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/25/85 Confirmed 12.9.1794	BWAS-1714
7.1795	2.1796	Aimable (32) 1782-1814 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , Captain, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1714
2.1796	4.1796	Mermaid (32) 1784-1815 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , Captain, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1793
3.1797	22.11.1797	Scipio (64) 1782-1798 British 64 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Captain, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1714
12.1799	9.1801	Active (38) 1799-1860 British 38 Gun 5th Rate Frigate 1833 Renamed "Argo" , Captain, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1793
10.1801	1803	Active (38) 1799-1860 British 38 Gun 5th Rate Frigate 1833 Renamed "Argo" , Captain, and Commanding Officer	NMMWH

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 6/24 Archive

ADM 6/25 Archive

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

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

NMMWH Web Site

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Posted by Anne Young on Monday 4th of January 2021 01:55

Davers was not in command of the Aimable at the time of the interaction with the Pensee in July 1796. See for example the memoir associated with John Wight Esq in the Royal Naval Biography 1802 Post captains specifically pages 603 to 605

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