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Peter Pickard


NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
First Known Service3.4.1680CSORN
Last Known Service19.3.1701/2CSORN
Date of Death10.3.1701/2CSORN

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
3.4.1680 CaptainCSORN
16.4.168021.12.1680
Sampson (12) 1678-1689
British 12 Gun
Unrated Fireship
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1603
22.8.168024.9.1683
Calabash (Unknown) 1680-1684
British Unknown Gun
Unrated Fireship
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1603
19.12.1681 Capture of the Red Lion 
7.16901691
Kent (70) 1679-1697
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1603
2.16914.11.1691
Happy Return (52) 1654-1691
British 52 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
1660 Renamed "Happy Return"
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1603
7.2.1690/9110.1691
Hope (70) 1678-1695
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
B051
9.7.1692 Court Martial : Peter Pickard, Captain, HMS Happy Return. Royal Navy Court Martial, 9 July 1692. Crime: Capture of his ship by the French. Verdict: Acquitted.ADM 1/5253
16931694
Monmouth (64) 1667-1699
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
TRN2
6.16937.1693
Suffolk (70) 1680-1699
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
B051
17.6.1693 Battle of Lagos 
2.9.169618.1.1696/97
Norfolk (80) 1693-1717
British 80 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/4/21
ADM 6/4
19.1.1696/976.12.1697
Royal Katherine (84) 1664-1699
British 84 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/4/63
BWAS-1603
23.1.1698/9916.2.1698/99
Saudadoe's Prize (36) 1692-1712
British 36 Gun
5th Rate Ship
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/5/39
BWAS-1603
10.2.1700/19.4.1701
Plymouth (52) 1653-1703
British 52 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/6/55
ADM 6/6
10.4.170111.7.1701
Namur (96) 1697-1729
British 96 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer: On board from 13.4.1701 ADM 6/6/87
ADM 6/6
13.1.1701/21.2.1701/2
Victory (100) 1695-1721
British 100 Gun
1st Rate Ship of the Line
1714 Renamed "Royal George"
1715 Renamed "Victory"
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/6/130
ADM 6/6
4.2.1701/219.3.1701/2
Shrewsbury (80) 1694-1711
British 80 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/7/5
ADM 6/7

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