John Nelson (d.1793)
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1774-1780
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1766-1779
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Nassau (64)
1785-1799
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate
Ship of the Line
(1785)
Atalante (16)
1797-1807
British 16 Gun
Unrated
Sloop
(1797)
Espion (32)
1794-1799
British 32 Gun
5th Rate
Frigate
(1794)
Alert (12)
1798-1801
British 12 Gun
Hired
Cutter
(1798)
Ant (4)
1797-1815
British 4 Gun
Unrated
Schooner
(1797)
Pelter (12)
1794-1802
British 12 Gun
Unrated
Gun-brig
(1794)
Richard Allen
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1782-1793
Joseph Mead
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1739-1763
Brave (12)
1798-1799
British 12 Gun
Hired
Cutter
(1798)
Earl of Mornington (14)
1799-1804
British 14 Gun
Merchant
Packet
(1799)
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John Nelson
Nationality
British
Roles
Ship Builder, Dockyard Staff
Place of Birth
Unknown
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First Known Service
1776
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Last Known Service
3.8.1790
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Date of Death
3.1793
- Unknown
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Cause of Death
Unknown
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Will Probated
7.6.1793
, PROB 11/1233/125
Event History
Date from
Date to
Event
Source
1776
21.11.1776
Warranted
Master Boat Builder at Sheerness Dockyard
ADM 6/21/235
ADM 6/21
21.11.1776
Appointed
Assistant Master Shipwright at Sheerness Dockyard
ADM 6/21/235
ADM 6/21
21.11.1776
8.2.1779
Appointed
Master Caulker at Sheerness Dockyard
ADM 6/21/235
ADM 6/21
8.2.1779
17.1.1781
Appointed
Assistant Master Shipwright at Woolwich Dockyard
ADM 6/21/508
ADM 6/21
17.1.1781
30.12.1785
Appointed
Assistant Master Shipwright at Chatham Dockyard
ADM 6/22/234
ADM 6/22
30.12.1785
3.3.1787
Appointed
Master Shipwright at Sheerness Dockyard
ADM 6/23/309
BWAS-1714
3.3.1787
3.8.1790
Appointed
Master Shipwright at Woolwich Dockyard
ADM 6/23/385
BWAS-1714
16.9.1788
Launched
Royal George (100)
1788-1822
British 100 Gun
1st Rate
Ship of the Line
,
Ship of the Line
at
Chatham Dockyard -
Chatham
BWAS-1714
4.8.1790
Appointed
Master Shipwright at Chatham Dockyard
ADM 6/24/58
BWAS-1714
9.10.1790
Launched
Leviathan (74)
1790-1848
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate
Ship of the Line
,
Ship of the Line
at
Chatham Dockyard -
Chatham
BWAS-1714
Sources
ID
Name
Author
Type
ADM 6/21
ADM 6/21 Commission and Warrant Book 1774 Jan.-1779 June
Archive
ADM 6/22
ADM 6/22 Commission and Warrant Book 1779 July-1782
Archive
BWAS-1714
British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714-1792
Rif Winfield
,
Book
CSORN
Commissioned Sea Officers of the Royal Navy
David Bonner-Smith
,
Robert L. DiNardo
,
David Syrett
,
Web Site
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British 32 Gun
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