Thomas Alexander (d.1825)

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Thomas Alexander

NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
First Known Service1801CSORN
Last Known Service7.11.1825CSORN
Date of Death7.11.1825CSORN

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
1801 Passed the Lieutenant's Examination ADM 6/99/1801RNLPC
9.1.1802 LieutenantCSORN
2.1808 
Superb (74) 1798-1826
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Lieutenant, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1793
2.181219.10.1814
Devastation (8) 1804-1816
British 8 Gun
Unrated Bomb Vessel
, Commander, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1793
8.1814 Operations in the Potomac 
19.10.1814 CaptainCSORN
3.9.18227.11.1825
Alligator (28) 1821-1865
British 28 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer		EVNL
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Posted by Tim Oakley on Friday 4th of July 2025 02:49

19 Aug 1815 Vengeur74 guard ship at Portsmouth Captain Thomas Alexander took command.

Posted by Mike Flattley on Wednesday 5th of November 2014 06:22

Misses his final (and fatal) command of the HMS Alligator (1821) from 1822 to 1825. See the "Captain Thomas Alexander: Journal" in the Cambridge library.

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