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Sir Richard Beach


NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
First Known Service1661CSORN
Last Known Service4.9.1688CSORN
Date of Death1692B051

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
1661 CaptainCSORN
29.3.166117.2.1662/63
Crown (40) 1654-1689
British 40 Gun
4th Rate Ship
1660 Renamed "Crown"
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
B051
11.5.16646.7.1666
Leopard (44) 1659-1699
British 44 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
1686 Renamed "Leopard Hulk"
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
B051
3.6.1665 Battle of Lowestoft 
1.6.16664.6.1666Four Days Battle 
7.7.16669.11.1667
Fairfax (60) 1653-1674
British 60 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
B051
25.7.166626.7.1666St James Day Battle 
9.11.16674.11.1668
Greenwich (58) 1666-1700
British 58 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
B051
1.4.16699.2.1671/72
Hampshire (38) 1653-1686
British 38 Gun
4th Rate Ship
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
B051
1670 Rear-AdmiralCSORN
1672 Rear-Admiral of the BlueCSORN
13.2.1671/7216.7.1672
Monmouth (64) 1667-1699
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1603
28.5.1672 Battle of Solebay 
24.3.1672/73 Appointed commissioner of the NavyB051
22.10.16793.1688/89Appointed Resident Commissioner at Portsmouth DockyardE-WIKI
3.1682/83 Appointed Knight BachelorB051
13.3.1682/831686
Royal James (100) 1675-1694
British 100 Gun
1st Rate Ship of the Line
1691 Renamed "Victory"
, Rear-Admiral, and Commanding Officer
B051
19.4.1686 Appointed commissioner resident at PortsmouthB051
16884.9.1688
Greenwich (54) 1666-1700
British 54 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1603
1690 Appointed comptroller of the Victualling AccountsB051

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