Sir Martin Frobisher (c.1535-1594)

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Sir Martin Frobisher

NationalityBritish
RolesNaval Sailor
Date of Birthc.1535CSORN
First Known Service2.1579CSORN
FatherBernard Frobisher (c.1510-1542)ref:1568
MotherMargaret Yorke (c.1515-1549)ref:1568
Last Known Service1590CSORN
Date of Death22.11.1594BWAS-1603
Cause of DeathWounds received 1594/11/17CSORN

Event History

Date from	Date to	Event	Source
2.1579		Captain	NRS157
14.9.1585		Primrose (Unknown) 1581-1588 British Unknown Gun Merchant Unknown , Vice-Admiral, and Commanding Officer	NRS022
2.1588		Triumph (48) 1562-1618 British 48 Gun 1st Rate Galleon , Captain, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1603
14.2.1587/88	13.5.1588	Antelope (30) 1581-1618 British 30 Gun 3rd Rate Galleon , Captain, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1603
21.4.1588	15.9.1588	Triumph (48) 1562-1618 British 48 Gun 1st Rate Galleon , as Flag Officer, Admiral,	NRS022
5.1588	10.1588	The Spanish Armada
26.7.1588		Appointed Knight Bachelor	NRS157
1.10.1588	4.1589	Vanguard (31) 1586-1615 British 31 Gun 1st Rate Galleon , Captain, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1603
1589		Vice-Admiral	NRS157
1589		Bonadventure (47) 1567-1611 British 47 Gun 2nd Rate Galleon 0000 Renamed "Bonadventure" , Admiral, and Commanding Officer	NRS157
1589		Rainbow (26) 1586-1617 British 26 Gun 2nd Rate Galleon , as Flag Officer, Admiral,	NRS157
9.1589	1590	Commissioned Admiral of the Narrow Seas	E-WIKI
1590		Dreadnought (34) 1573-1592 British 34 Gun 3rd Rate Galleon , Captain, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1603
1590		Revenge (43) 1577-1591 British 43 Gun 2nd Rate Galleon , Admiral, and Commanding Officer	NRS157
6.1592	1593	Garland (38) 1590-1618 British 38 Gun 1st Rate Galleon , Admiral, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1603
1593	22.11.1594	Vanguard (31) 1586-1615 British 31 Gun 1st Rate Galleon , Captain, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1603

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1603Rif Winfield, Book

CSORNDavid Bonner-Smith, Robert L. DiNardo, David Syrett, Web Site

E-WIKIVarious, Web Site

NRS022Unknown, Book

NRS157C. S. Knighton, David Loades, Book

ref:1568 Family History

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