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Francis Brooks

NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
First Known Service1778CSORN
Last Known Service24.9.1791CSORN

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Date fromDate toEventSource
17785.8.1778
Lark (32) 1762-1778
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Midshipman		ADM 6/21
1782 Passed the Lieutenant's Examination ADM 107/9/20RNLPC
21.8.1782 LieutenantCSORN
21.8.178224.4.1783
Panther (60) 1758-1813
British 60 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Second Lieutenant ADM 6/22/506		ADM 6/22
20.10.1782 Battle of Cape Spartel 
28.6.179024.9.1791
Leopard (50) 1790-1814
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Third Lieutenant ADM 6/24/44		ADM 6/24
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Posted by Bob Brooks on Monday 3rd of June 2013 19:02

He was a Midshipman on HMS Lark, 5th/32, when taken POW at Rhode Island ca. 26 July 1777. Together with William Albany Otway, 2d Lieut, HMS Lark, he was exchanged on 25 Feb 1778. (RI Archives, Governor's Letters)

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