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| Date from | Date to | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.3.1757 | Passed the Lieutenant's Examination ADM 107/4/413 | RNLPC | |
| 23.3.1757 | Lieutenant | CSORN | |
| 7.7.1761 | Commander | CSORN | |
| 7.7.1761 | 31.12.1763 | Crown (18)
1747-1770 , Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/327British 18 Gun 5th Rate Ship of the Line | BWAS-1714 |
| 18.1.1770 | 26.1.1773 | Speedwell (8)
1752-1780 , Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/268British 8 Gun Unrated Sloop 1779 Renamed "Spitfire" | BWAS-1714 |
| 18.5.1776 | 13.6.1776 | Cormorant (14)
1776-1781 , Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/21/188British 14 Gun Unrated Sloop | ADM 6/21 |
| 13.6.1776 | 14.11.1778 | Vulture (14)
1776-1805 , Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/21/195British 14 Gun Unrated Sloop | BWAS-1714 |
| 14.11.1778 | Dismissed from the command of the Vulture for "making false musters, false expense of stores, cowardice, drunkeness, tyranny, neglect of duty tec." | ADM 12/27 |