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Robert Laurie Atkinson


NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
Date of Birth5.1.1811 - Portsmouth DY, Portsmouth NBD1849
First Known Service4.1.1826NBD1849
Brother
Horatio Nelson AtkinsonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1817-1827
NBD1849
Brother-in-law
Thomas CareyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1810-1831
NBD1849
Last Known Service7.12.1843NBD1849

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
4.1.1826 Entered the NavyNBD1849
4.1.18269.1827
Philomel (10) 1823-1833
British 10 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, 1st Class Volunteer
NBD1849
9.182711.1827
Asia (84) 1824-1908
British 84 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, 1st Class Volunteer
NBD1849
20.10.1827 Battle of Navarino 
11.18271.1829
Philomel (10) 1823-1833
British 10 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, 1st Class Volunteer
NBD1849
1.18291832
Raleigh (18) 1806-1841
British 18 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Midshipman
NBD1849
1832 Passed the Lieutenant's ExaminationNBD1849
6.6.1837 LieutenantNBD1849
6.6.1837 
Wildfire (74) 1813-1957
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1816 Renamed "Wildfire"
, Lieutenant
NBD1849
12.6.1838 Hist first wife ? diedNBD1849
9.1838 An attack of the Yellow Fever forced him to invalidNBD1849
10.4.183924.9.1840
Belleisle (74) 1819-1872
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Lieutenant
NBD1849
24.9.18409.11.1843
Calcutta (84) 1831-1908
British 84 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, Lieutenant
NBD1849
22.4.1843 RemarriedNBD1849
9.11.18437.12.1843
Volage (28) 1825-1874
British 28 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
, First Lieutenant
NBD1849
7.12.1843 Superceded at his own requestNBD1849
7.12.1843 Placed on Half-PayNBD1849

Sources


IDNameAuthorType
NBD1849A Naval Biographical Dictionary 1849O'Brien, Digital Book
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Posted by Robert Nelson on Monday 16th of October 2017 13:42

Robert Laurie Atkinson died on 6 October 1860 in Penzance, Cornwall


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