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Thomas Hanway


NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
Date of Birthc.1715ADM 107/3
First Known Service27.8.1729CSORN
Last Known Service10.1.1759CSORN
Date of Death1.10.1772CSORN

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
4.5.1738 Passed the Lieutenant's Examination ADM 107/3/326RNLPC
14.8.1739 LieutenantCSORN
20.2.1741/42 CommanderCSORN
20.2.1741/4211.8.1742
Success (20) 1712-1743
British 20 Gun
6th Rate Ship
, Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/16/16
BWAS-1714
15.9.17424.4.1744
Mortar (10) 1742-1749
British 10 Gun
Unrated Bomb Vessel
, Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/16/99
BWAS-1714
5.4.1744 CaptainCSORN
5.4.174417.7.1744
Shoreham (20) 1744-1759
British 20 Gun
6th Rate Ship
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/16/286
BWAS-1714
18.7.17446.11.1744
Royal Sovereign (104) 1729-1768
British 104 Gun
1st Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/16/342
BWAS-1714
18.6.17459.1.1745/46
Milford (44) 1712-1749
British 44 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
1744 Renamed "Milford"
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/16/495
ADM 6/16
10.1.1745/4618.8.1748
Windsor (60) 1745-1777
British 60 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/42
BWAS-1714
3.5.1747 1st Battle of Cape Finisterre 
14.10.1747 2nd Battle of Cape Finisterre 
4.2.175517.11.1756
Weymouth (60) 1752-1772
British 60 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/128
BWAS-1714
17.11.175610.1.1759
Duke (90) 1739-1769
British 90 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/326
BWAS-1714
5.6.175812.6.1758Raid on Saint-Malo 
21.12.1758 Appointed Commander-in-Chief — Cork ADM 6/19/16

Commodore of the ships "intended to be employed at Cork & the coast of Ireland for raising men for His Majesty's Fleet".

ADM 6/19
15.8.1759 Appointed Second in Command — Plymouth ADM 6/19/87ADM 6/19

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