Richard Matthews (d.1760)

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Pierre Dieudonné JaunezFrench
Ship Builder
Service 1806-1812
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Le Cygne (16) 1806-1808
French 16 Gun
Unrated Brig
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Jean-Baptiste LefebvreFrench
Ship Builder
Service 1804
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Endymion (16) 1805-1814
French 16 Gun
Unrated Brig
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Fanfaron (16) 1804-1809
French 16 Gun
Unrated Brig
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Le Curieux (16) 1800-1804
French 16 Gun
Unrated Brig
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La Patriote (40) 1794-1798
French 40 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
1795 Renamed "Coquille"
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Richard Matthews

NationalityBritish
RolesNaval Sailor
First Known Service8.12.1717RNLPC
A.K.A.MathewsADM 6/16
Last Known Service9.1759RNLPC
Date of Death1760RNLPC

Date from	Date to	Event	Source
30.1.1738/39		Passed the Lieutenant's Examination ADM 107/3/332	RNLPC
14.9.1739		Lieutenant	ADM 6/15
14.9.1739	4.3.1739/40	Buckingham (70) 1731-1745 British 70 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Fourth Lt. & Lt. at Arms ADM 6/15/221	ADM 6/15
4.3.1739/40	26.3.1740	Buckingham (70) 1731-1745 British 70 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Third Lieutenant ADM 6/15/255	ADM 6/15
26.3.1740	22.6.1743	Eltham (40) 1736-1763 British 40 Gun 5th Rate Ship , Second Lieutenant ADM 6/15/267	ADM 6/15
12.4.1742		Action of 12th April 1742
18.2.1742/43		Attack on La Guaira
15.4.1743	24.4.1743	Attack on Porto Cabello
22.6.1743	14.5.1745	Lynn (44) 1741-1763 British 44 Gun 5th Rate Ship , First Lieutenant ADM 6/17/225 Issued by Charles KnowlesBritish Naval Sailor Service 1718-1770 , Jamaica Confirmed 14.5.1747	ADM 6/17
23.2.1745	27.2.1745	Attack on the British convoy in Antigua
28.3.1754	31.7.1754	Eagle (60) 1745-1767 British 60 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line , First Lieutenant ADM 6/18/95	ADM 6/18
22.5.1758		Commander	CSORN
22.5.1758	14.7.1758	Speaker (10) 1756-1758 British 10 Gun Unrated Sloop , Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/516	ADM 6/18

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