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Charles Fielding

NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
Date of Birth2.7.1738ref:676
First Known Service26.10.1756ref:676
FatherLt-Col Hon. Charles Fielding (1717-1746)ref:676
MotherMrs Anne Bridges, née Palmerref:676
WifeSophia Finch - Married 29.2.1772ref:676
DaughterMaltidaref:950
DaughterSophia Charlotteref:950
DaughterAugustus Sophiaref:950
Son
Charles FieldingBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1803-1811
ref:676
SisterElizabethref:950
Last Known Service1778ref:676
Date of Death11.1.1783CSORN
Cause of DeathDied of woundsref:676

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
26.10.17561757
Tartar (32) 1756-1756
British 32 Gun
Privateer Unknown
, Captain, and Commanding Officer		HCA26
19.5.1757 LieutenantCSORN
14.4.1760 CommanderCSORN
14.4.176027.8.1760
Swallow (14) 1745-1769
British 14 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/158		BWAS-1714
27.8.1760 CaptainCSORN
27.8.17604.11.1760
Flamborough (20) 1756-1772
British 20 Gun
6th Rate Ship
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/193		BWAS-1714
29.3.176111.6.1761Expedition against Belle-Isle 
19.5.176122.6.1763
Unicorn (28) 1748-1771
British 28 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/316		BWAS-1714
21.6.176929.8.1770
Achilles (60) 1756-1784
British 60 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer: On board from 26.6.1769 ADM 6/20/243		ADM 6/20
16.8.177027.11.1771
Rainbow (44) 1747-1802
British 44 Gun
5th Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/288		BWAS-1714
29.2.1772 Married Sophia (3 daughters, 1 son)ref:676
7.5.17728.5.1775
Kent (74) 1762-1784
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/443		BWAS-1714
20.2.177614.11.1778
Diamond (32) 1774-1784
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/21/160		BWAS-1714
14.11.177814.4.1779
Sultan (74) 1775-1816
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1805 Renamed "Suffolk"
, Captain, and Commanding Officer: On board from 24.11.1778 ADM 6/22/129
Issued by
John ByronBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1746-1780
, North America
Confirmed 13.5.1780		BWAS-1714
14.4.17798.3.1780
Namur (90) 1756-1804
British 90 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/21/540		BWAS-1714
31.12.1779 Commanded the British Squadron at the Affair of Fielding and Bylandt 
13.4.17809.11.1781
Minerva (38) 1780-1803
British 38 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
1798 Renamed "Pallas"
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/22/114		BWAS-1793
16.3.178211.1.1783
Ganges (74) 1782-1816
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/22/426		ADM 6/22
20.10.1782 Battle of Cape Spartel 
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