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William Barnham Rider


NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
First Known Service1781CSORN
Last Known Service1847CSORN

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Date fromDate toEventSource
1781 
Crocodile (24) 1781-1784
British 24 Gun
6th Rate Ship
, Able Seaman
NBD1849
1782 
Resistance (44) 1782-1798
British 44 Gun
5th Rate Ship of the Line
, Midshipman
NBD1849
2.4.1794 
Termagant (18) 1780-1795
British 18 Gun
6th Rate Post Ship
, First Lieutenant For Rank Only ADM 6/25/25
ADM 6/25
1795 
Diadem (64) 1782-1832
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Lieutenant
ADM 171/8
14.3.1795 Action off Genoa 
13.7.1795 Battle of Hyeres 
9.3.1796 LieutenantCSORN
22.1.1806 CommanderCSORN
8.180620.11.1810
Challenger (16) 1806-1811
British 16 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Commander, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1793
20.11.1810 Court martialled for returning home with despatches from the Lieutenant-Governor of Curaçoa without having obtained the previous authority of the naval Commander-in-Chief at Jamaica and stripped of his commissionNBD1849
3.1811 Commission as a Commander restored but remains on half-payNBD1849
1847 Received the Naval General Service Medal with a clasp for an action with a French fleet and the capture of 2 sail of the line whilst serving on Diadem on 1795/03/14ADM 171/8

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