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Thomas Manby


NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
First Known Service27.10.1795CSORN
Last Known Service27.5.1825CSORN

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
27.10.1795 LieutenantCSORN
15.2.1797 CommanderCSORN
3.179710.1798
Charon (8) 1783-1805
British 8 Gun
5th Rate Ship
, Commander, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1714
22.1.1799 CaptainCSORN
1.180023.10.1801
Bordelais (24) 1799-1804
British 24 Gun
6th Rate Post Ship
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1793
28.1.1801 Capture of the Curieuse 
18031805
Africaine (38) 1801-1816
British 38 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1793
8.180710.1807
Uranie (38) 1797-1807
British 38 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
1798 Renamed "Uranie"
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1793
10.180711.1808
Thalia (20) 1782-1814
British 20 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1714
16.4.1808 "........... Saturday morning a meeting took place on Southsea Common, near Portsmouth, between Capt. Manby, of his Majesty's ship Thalia, and Captain Ramsey, of the Royal Marines; but while they were settling the distance at which they should fire, the Honourable Captain Boyle arrived on the ground, and declared, that by the order of Admiral Montague, Capt. Manby was his prisoner. Captain M, of course, surrendered himself, as under an arrest, and after some words of altercation, the parties left the ground. ......."TIMES
27.5.1825 Rear-Admiral of the WhiteNL1834

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