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William Cheselden Browne


NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
First Known Service1816CSORN
Last Known Service13.6.1832CSORN

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
1816 Entered the NavyNBD1849
18161819
Minden (74) 1810-1861
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Midshipman
NBD1849
27.8.1816 Bombardment of Algiers 
18195.7.1820
Carron (20) 1813-1820
British 20 Gun
6th Rate Post Ship
, Midshipman
NBD1849
18211824
Euryalus (36) 1803-1860
British 36 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
1859 Renamed "Africa"
, Midshipman
NBD1849
7.18241827
Pyramus (36) 1810-1879
British 36 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Midshipman
NBD1849
22.7.1824 Passed the Lieutenant's ExaminationNBD1849
18269.10.1827
Asia (84) 1824-1908
British 84 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, Master's Mate
NBD1849
9.10.1827 LieutenantNBD1849
9.10.18271828
Talbot (28) 1824-1896
British 28 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
, Lieutenant
NBD1849
20.10.1827 Battle of Navarino 
1828 
Pelican (16) 1812-1850
British 16 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Lieutenant
NBD1849
18281829
Warspite (74) 1807-1876
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Lieutenant
NBD1849
18291830
Arethusa (46) 1817-1883
British 46 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
1844 Renamed "Bacchus"
, Lieutenant
NBD1849
13.6.1832 CommanderNBD1849
15.7.1842 Appointed to command a coast guard stationNBD1849
15.7.1842 Appointed to the Coast GuardNBD1849

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