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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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John Robert Benson

NationalityBritish
RolesNaval Sailor
First Known Service12.1.1808CSORN
Last Known Service12.1818CSORN

Date from	Date to	Event	Source
12.1.1808		Entered the Navy	NBD1849
12.1.1808	1809	Scorpion (18) 1803-1819 British 18 Gun Unrated Sloop , 1st Class Volunteer	NBD1849
1809	7.1812	Scorpion (18) 1803-1819 British 18 Gun Unrated Sloop , Midshipman	NBD1849
7.1812		Dragon (74) 1798-1850 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line 1842 Renamed "Fame" , Midshipman	NBD1849
27.6.1814		Lieutenant	CSORN
31.3.1815	18.9.1815	Leven (20) 1813-1848 British 20 Gun 6th Rate Post Ship , Lieutenant	NBD1849
18.9.1815	28.8.1816	Bann (20) 1814-1829 British 20 Gun 6th Rate Post Ship , Lieutenant	NBD1849
28.8.1816	12.1818	Cherub (20) 1806-1820 British 20 Gun Unrated Sloop , Lieutenant	NBD1849
12.1818		Placed on Half-Pay	NBD1849
15.4.1831		Appointed to command a coast guard station	NBD1849
20.6.1836		Appointed to command the Lively Revenue Cutter	NBD1849
18.6.1839		Appointed to command a coast guard station	NBD1849

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