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El Diligente (20) 1740-1755
Spanish 20 Gun
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Tomas VarelaSpanish
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Service 1749-1750
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Sir William Legge George Hoste (2^nd Baronet Hoste, of the Navy)British
Naval Sailor
Service 1830-1866
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Henry Negus BurroughesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1845
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Thomas Edward HosteBritish
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Service 1810-1828
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Sir William Hoste (1^st Baronet Hoste, of the Navy)British
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Service 1798-1824
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Veteran (64) 1787-1816
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
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Thomas ClarkBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1794
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Charles InglisBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1792
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John Watson

NationalityBritish
RolesNaval Sailor
First Known Service1733CSORN
Last Known Service2.2.1740/41CSORN

Date from	Date to	Event	Source
1733		Passed the Lieutenant's Examination ADM 107/3/220	RNLPC
2.3.1733/34		Lieutenant	CSORN
13.3.1733/34	23.7.1739	Kinsale (40) 1724-1741 British 40 Gun 5th Rate Ship , Second Lieutenant ADM 6/15/177	ADM 6/14
9.8.1739	13.8.1739	Ruby (54) 1708-1748 British 54 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line 1744 Renamed "Mermaid" , First Lieutenant ADM 6/15/209	ADM 6/15
2.2.1740/41		A commission as 1st lieutenant of the Fowey was issued. The commission was cancelled	ADM 6/15

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