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John Browning Edwards

NationalityBritish
RolesNaval Sailor
First Known Service26.6.1795CSORN
Fatherref:676
Last Known Service11.1804CSORN

Event History

Date from	Date to	Event	Source
26.6.1795		Lieutenant	CSORN
16.5.1798	7.7.1800	Wasp (8) 1782-1800 British 8 Gun Unrated Sloop , Commander, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1714
7.7.1800		Attack on Dunkirk
29.12.1800		Commander	CSORN
1801	1802	Nimrod (18) 1799-1811 British 18 Gun Unrated Sloop , Commander, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1793
7.1801		Sirius (36) 1797-1810 British 36 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , Commander, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1793
29.4.1802		Captain	CSORN
1804	11.1804	Fury (16) 1790-1811 British 16 Gun Unrated Sloop , Captain, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1793

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

CSORNDavid Bonner-Smith, Robert L. DiNardo, David Syrett, Web Site

ref:676 Web Site

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Posted by Jon Miller on Sunday 19th of July 2026 18:36

Portsmouth, 18 July 1801: Captain Edwards, of the Nimrod sloop of war, is appointed to the command, pro tempore, of the Sirius frigate, Captain King, who is absent on leave. [Portsmouth Telegraph, 13 July 1801]

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Wednesday 22nd of July 2026 01:36	F.F.	Spanish First Rate ship of the line 'Nuestra Señora de la Santísima Trinidad' (1769) (116) 1769-1805 Spanish 116 Gun 1st Rate Ship of the Line
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