Thomas Rainsborough (1610-1648)

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Thomas Rainsborough

NationalityBritish
RolesNaval Sailor, Administrator
Date of Birth6.7.1610 - WappingCSORN
First Known Service1643CSORN
A.K.A.RainboroweE-WIKI
Last Known Service29.10.1648CSORN
Date of Death29.10.1648 - Doncaster, Yorkshire CSORN

Event History

Date from	Date to	Event	Source
1643		Lion (42) 1640-1658 British 42 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Captain, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1603
1643		Swallow (36) 1634-1648 British 36 Gun 3rd Rate Ship , Captain, and Commanding Officer	W015
1647	1648	Commander of the Winter Guard of 1647
1647	1648	Leopard (36) 1635-1653 British 36 Gun 3rd Rate Ship , Captain, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1603
1647	29.10.1648	Appointed Admiral of the Irish Seas	E-WIKI
10.1647	1648	Happy Entrance (34) 1619-1658 British 34 Gun 3rd Rate Middling Ship , Captain, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1603
1648	6.1648	Constant Reformation (40) 1619-1648 British 40 Gun 2nd Rate Great Ship , Captain, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1603
1648	29.10.1648	Elected a Member of Parliament for Droitwich	HPO

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1603Rif Winfield, Book

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

E-WIKIVarious, Web Site

HPO Web Site

W015Various, Web Site

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Wednesday 22nd of July 2026 04:24	F.F.	British First Rate ship of the line 'Santisima Trinidad' (1805) (136) 1805-1805 British 136 Gun 1st Rate Ship of the Line
Wednesday 22nd of July 2026 01:36	F.F.	Spanish First Rate ship of the line 'Nuestra Señora de la Santísima Trinidad' (1769) (116) 1769-1805 Spanish 116 Gun 1st Rate Ship of the Line
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