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Robert Benjamin Young


NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
Date of Birth15.9.1773 - Douglas, Isle of Man, Isle of Man CSORN
First Known Service26.1.1796CSORN
Father
Robert Parry YoungBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1777-1790
NBD1849
WifeMary EllisNBD1849
Brother
John James YoungBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1796
NBD1849
Last Known Service21.10.1810CSORN
Date of Death1846

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
1781 Entered the NavyNBD1849
26.1.1796 LieutenantCSORN
25.6.17967.10.1798
Bonne Citoyenne (20) 1796-1819
British 20 Gun
6th Rate Post Ship
, Lieutenant
NBD1849
14.2.1797 2nd Battle of Cape St Vincent 
20.2.17971.3.1797Pursuit of the Santissima Trinidad 
7.10.179810.12.1798
Colossus (74) 1787-1798
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Lieutenant
NBD1849
5.4.179918.6.1801
Savage (14) 1778-1815
British 14 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, First Lieutenant
NBD1849
18.6.18011.9.1803
Goliath (74) 1781-1813
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, First Lieutenant
NBD1849
1.9.18031.2.1804
Windsor Castle (98) 1790-1813
British 98 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, First Lieutenant
NBD1849
1.2.18044.2.1804
Foudroyant (80) 1798-1892
British 80 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, First Lieutenant
NBD1849
4.2.180410.1807
Entreprenante (10) 1798-1812
British 10 Gun
Unrated Cutter
, Lieutenant, and Commanding Officer
NBD1849
21.10.1805 Battle of Trafalgar 
18068.1806
Musette (18) 1796-1806
British 18 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Lieutenant, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1793
13.7.180910.1.1810
Ulysses (20) 1779-1816
British 20 Gun
5th Rate Ship
, Fifth Lieutenant
NBD1849
10.1.181021.10.1810
Princess Carolina (74) 1807-1815
British 74 Gun
5th Rate Ship of the Line
, Fifth Lieutenant
NBD1849
10.3.1810 Married Mary, 2 sons, 2 daughters.NBD1849
21.10.1810 CommanderCSORN
20.4.1839 Admitted to the out-pension of Greenwich Hospital.NBD1849

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