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William Henry Shirreff

NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
Date of Birth1785W025
First Known Service1.1.1796W025
FatherGeneral William Shirreff (d.1804)NBD1849
WifeElizabeth MurrayNBD1849
Last Known Service9.11.1846W025
Date of Death1.12.1847 - Portsmouth NBD1849

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
1.1.1796 Entered the NavyNBD1849
18006.9.1800
Stag (32) 1794-1800
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Midshipman		NBD1849
25.8.180026.8.1800Attack on Ferrol 
18011803
Romney (50) 1762-1804
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Midshipman		NBD1849
1803 
Magnificent (74) 1766-1804
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Midshipman		NBD1849
18033.3.1804
Renard (18) 1797-1807
British 18 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Midshipman		NBD1849
3.3.1804 LieutenantNBD1849
12.18041.3.1805
Circe (32) 1804-1814
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Lieutenant		NBD1849
1.3.18054.1805
Fama (4) 1805-1805
British 4 Gun
Unrated Schooner
, Lieutenant, and Commanding Officer		NBD1849
11.18055.3.1806
Lilly (18) 1804-1811
British 18 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Lieutenant, and Commanding Officer		NBD1849
5.3.1806 CommanderNBD1849
5.3.180615.11.1809
Lilly (18) 1804-1811
British 18 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Commander, and Commanding Officer		NBD1849
30.3.1808 Capture of Desirade 
15.11.1809 CaptainNBD1849
15.11.18093.1810
Lilly (18) 1804-1811
British 18 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Captain, and Commanding Officer		NBD1849
29.6.1810 Married ElizabethNBD1849
10.18127.1814
Barrosa (36) 1812-1841
British 36 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer		NBD1849
20.6.1813 Action of 1813-06-20 
7.1814 InvalidedNBD1849
6.18151816
Iris (36) 1807-1816
British 36 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1793
10.9.18179.1821
Andromache (36) 1799-1828
British 36 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
1812 Renamed "Andromache"
, Captain, and Commanding Officer		NBD1849
22.1.183011.1830
Warspite (74) 1807-1876
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer		NBD1849
9.3.18388.1841Appointed Captain-Superintendant at Deptford DockyardNBD1849
24.8.18419.1846Appointed Captain-Superintendant at Chatham DockyardNBD1849
9.11.1846 Rear-Admiral of the BlueNBD1849
24.8.18471.12.1847Appointed Admiral-Superintendant at Portsmouth DockyardNBD1849
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