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Jean-Louis Pestel
French
Ship Builder
Service 1793
Update
Le Cornélie (24)
1794-1797
French 24 Gun
6th Rate
Frigate (Corvettes de Charge)
1795 Renamed "Calliope"
Update
Unité Class (1793)
Update
Le Républicain (24)
1794-1799
French 24 Gun
6th Rate
Corvette
Update
Pierre Dieudonné Jaunez
French
Ship Builder
Service 1806-1812
Added
Le Cygne (16)
1806-1808
French 16 Gun
Unrated
Brig
Update
Jean-Baptiste Lefebvre
French
Ship Builder
Service 1804
Added
Endymion (16)
1805-1814
French 16 Gun
Unrated
Brig
Added
Fanfaron (16)
1804-1809
French 16 Gun
Unrated
Brig
Update
Le Curieux (16)
1800-1804
French 16 Gun
Unrated
Brig
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Walthamstow (Unknown)
1799-1814
British Unknown Gun
Merchant
East Indiaman
(1799)
Charles Jones
British
Merchant Sailor
Service 1796-1805
Adam Cumine
British
Merchant Sailor
Service 1800-1807
Fame (Unknown)
1801-1806
British Unknown Gun
Merchant
East Indiaman
(1801)
Kent (Unknown)
1799-1800
British Unknown Gun
Merchant
East Indiaman
(1799)
Kent (Unknown)
1799-1800
British Unknown Gun
Merchant
East Indiaman
(1799)
Alnwick Castle (38)
1801-1816
British 38 Gun
Merchant
East Indiaman
(1801)
William Pitt (Unknown)
1785-1807
British Unknown Gun
Merchant
East Indiaman
(1785)
Hinde (Unknown)
1800-1802
British Unknown Gun
Merchant
Unknown
(1800)
William Catline
British
Merchant Sailor
Service 1794-1795
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John Knowles
Nationality
British
Roles
Ship Builder, Dockyard Staff
Place of Birth
Unknown
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First Known Service
20.2.1793
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Last Known Service
1793
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Cause of Death
Unknown
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Event History
Date from
Date to
Event
Source
1.8.1696
Launched
Southsea Castle (32)
1696-1697
British 32 Gun
5th Rate
Frigate
,
Frigate
at
Redbridge -
Hampshire
BWAS-1603
20.2.1793
Appointed
Master Mastmaker at Chatham Dockyard
ADM 6/24/212
ADM 6/24
Sources
ID
Name
Author
Type
ADM 6/24
ADM 6/24 Commission and Warrant Book 1789 Sep.-1793
Archive
BWAS-1603
British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603-1714
Rif Winfield
,
Book
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Commissioned Sea Officers of the Royal Navy
David Bonner-Smith
,
Robert L. DiNardo
,
David Syrett
,
Web Site
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Tuesday 28th of July 2026 10:25
Jon Miller
British Merchant east indiaman 'Walthamstow' (1799) (Unknown)
1799-1814
British Unknown Gun
Merchant
East Indiaman
Tuesday 28th of July 2026 10:24
Jon Miller
Charles Jones
British
Merchant Sailor
Service 1796-1805
Tuesday 28th of July 2026 10:23
Jon Miller
Adam Cumine
British
Merchant Sailor
Service 1800-1807
Tuesday 28th of July 2026 10:20
Jon Miller
British Merchant east indiaman 'Fame' (1801) (Unknown)
1801-1806
British Unknown Gun
Merchant
East Indiaman
Tuesday 28th of July 2026 10:18
Jon Miller
British Merchant east indiaman 'Kent' (1799) (Unknown)
1799-1800
British Unknown Gun
Merchant
East Indiaman