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Peter Van Court


NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
First Known Service25.12.1747CSORN
Last Known Service28.3.1763CSORN
Date of Death30.9.1807 - Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich ADM 73/36

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
25.12.1747 LieutenantCSORN
25.12.174712.9.1748
Furnace (8) 1740-1763
British 8 Gun
Unrated Bomb Vessel
, Lieutenant ADM 6/17/302
ADM 6/17
22.2.175530.9.1755
Kingston (60) 1740-1762
British 60 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms ADM 6/18/140
ADM 6/18
30.9.17554.3.1761
Kingston (60) 1740-1762
British 60 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Second Lieutenant ADM 6/18/197
ADM 6/18
20.5.1756 Battle of Minorca 
8.175710.1757Louisbourg Expedition 
6.6.175827.7.1758The Siege of Louisbourg 
20.11.1759 Battle of Quiberon Bay 
19.5.176228.3.1763
Lark (32) 1762-1778
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, First Lieutenant ADM 6/19/411
ADM 6/19
17.5.17634.3.1766
Lark (32) 1762-1778
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, First Lieutenant ADM 6/19/498
ADM 6/19
23.6.178017.4.1783
Leander (52) 1780-1798
British 52 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, First Lieutenant ADM 6/22/145
ADM 6/22
17.4.178326.9.1787
Carnatic (74) 1783-1825
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1815 Renamed "Captain"
, First Lieutenant ADM 6/23/52
ADM 6/23
26.9.178720.2.1788
Sandwich (90) 1759-1810
British 90 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, First Lieutenant ADM 6/23/418
ADM 6/23
26.1.179030.9.1807Appointed Lieutenant of Greenwich Hospital ADM 73/36/2101ADM 73/36

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