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Samuel Wallis


NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
Date of Birth4.1728 - Fentenwoon, CornwallCSORN
Baptism23.4.1728 - LanteglosCSORN
First Known Service19.10.1745CSORN
FatherJohn Wallis (1680–1768)ODNB
MotherSarah Barrett (d.1731)ODNB
WifeBetty Hearle (d.1804)ODNB
Last Known Service1.1.1781CSORN
Date of Death21.1.1795ref:898

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
19.10.1748 LieutenantCSORN
10.1.175310.1.1754
Anson (60) 1747-1773
British 60 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms ADM 6/18/52
ADM 6/18
30.6.1756 CommanderCSORN
30.6.17568.4.1757
Swan (14) 1745-1763
British 14 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/287
BWAS-1714
8.4.1757 CaptainCSORN
8.4.175730.9.1758
Port Mahon (24) 1740-1763
British 24 Gun
6th Rate Ship
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/383
BWAS-1714
8.175710.1757Louisbourg Expedition 
6.6.175827.7.1758The Siege of Louisbourg 
18.12.176010.3.1763
Prince of Orange (60) 1734-1810
British 60 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1772 Renamed "Prince of Orange Hulk"
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/221
BWAS-1714
29.3.176111.6.1761Expedition against Belle-Isle 
19.6.176619.5.1768
Dolphin (24) 1751-1777
British 24 Gun
6th Rate Ship
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/124
BWAS-1714
17.11.17704.4.1772
Torbay (74) 1749-1784
British 74 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
1750 Renamed "Torbay"
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/315
BWAS-1714
1.1.177931.12.1779Included in the list of captains receiving half-pay.ADM 104
6.10.17793.10.1780
Dublin (74) 1757-1784
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/22/34
BWAS-1714
8.1.1780 Attack on the Caracas Convoy 
3.10.17801.1.1781
Queen (90) 1769-1811
British 90 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/22/178
BWAS-1714

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