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Mathew Smith

NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
First Known Service4.12.1779CSORN
Last Known Service8.1815CSORN

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
4.12.1779 LieutenantCSORN
18.4.1782 CommanderCSORN
18.4.178218.4.1783
Barbadoes (14) 1782-1784
British 14 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/23/31
Issued by
George Brydges Rodney (Baronet )British
Naval Sailor
Service 1740-1782
, Barbados
Confirmed 7.3.1783		BWAS-1714
15.2.1783 Action of 15th February 1783 
18.4.1783 CaptainCSORN
18.4.178311.11.1783
Saint Eustatius (20) 1781-1783
British 20 Gun
6th Rate Ship
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/23/151
Issued by
Hugh PigotBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1735-1787
, Barbados
Confirmed 9.10.1783		BWAS-1714
27.11.178629.12.1790
Carysfort (28) 1766-1813
British 28 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/23/367		BWAS-1714
1.5.17932.8.1795
Diomede (44) 1781-1795
British 44 Gun
5th Rate Ship
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/24/234		BWAS-1714
22.10.1794 Action off Mauritius 
2.18148.1815
Nymphen (36) 1807-1816
British 36 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1793
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Posted by Stephen Howarth on Monday 27th of October 2025 16:11

According to Syrett & DiNardo ('The Commissioned Sea Officers of the Royal Navy, 1660-1815'), listed above as CSORN, there was an interesting extra in this officer's career: in 1796 he was dismissed from the service, but was restored in 1798. They do not say or even hint why. Their source was the Pitcairn-Jones Papers, which I believe are housed in the NMM.

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