Martin Ware (d.1801)
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Sea-flower (4)
1714-1718
British 4 Gun
Merchant
Sloop
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Charles Bains
British
Ship Owner
Merchant Sailor
Service 1714-1718
Added
John Scott
British
Merchant Sailor
Service 1798
Update
La Vengeance (20)
1797-1800
French 20 Gun
Privateer
Unknown
Update
Zephyr (8)
1790-1798
British 8 Gun
Merchant
East Indiaman
Update
Woodcot (Unknown)
1786-1798
British Unknown Gun
Merchant
East Indiaman
Update
Raymond (Unknown)
1782-1798
British Unknown Gun
Merchant
East Indiaman (EIC Regular Ship)
Update
Cassandra (26)
1720-1723
Pirate 26 Gun
6th Rate
Ship
Update
Cassandra (26)
1719-1720
British 26 Gun
Merchant
East Indiaman
Added
Richard Lazenby
British
Naval Sailor
Pirate
Service 1719-1723
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Britannia (100)
1762-1825
British 100 Gun
1st Rate
Ship of the Line
1812 Renamed "Princess Royal"
1812 Renamed "Saint George"
1819 Renamed "Barfleur"
(1762)
Devastation (6)
1841-1866
British 6 Gun
Unrated
Steam Sloop
(1841)
Zephyr (8)
1790-1798
British 8 Gun
Merchant
East Indiaman
(1790)
Pembroke (60)
1733-1749
British 60 Gun
4th Rate
Ship of the Line
(1733)
Mercury (20)
1745-1753
British 20 Gun
6th Rate
Ship
(1745)
Seahorse (24)
1748-1784
British 24 Gun
6th Rate
Frigate
(1748)
Charles Powlett
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1728-1749
Namur (74)
1746-1749
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate
Ship of the Line
(1746)
Namur (74)
1746-1749
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate
Ship of the Line
(1746)
Shark (8)
1732-1755
British 8 Gun
Unrated
Sloop
(1732)
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Martin Ware
Nationality
British
Roles
Ship Builder, Dockyard Staff
First Known Service
18.12.1755
CSORN
Last Known Service
3.3.1787
CSORN
Date of Death
1801
CSORN
Will Probated
23.1.1801
,
PROB 11/1353/74
Event History
Date from
Date to
Event
Source
18.12.1755
20.9.1773
Appointed
Master Mastmaker at Portsmouth Dockyard
ADM 6/18/220
ADM 6/18
20.9.1773
2.4.1778
Appointed
Second Assistant Shipwright at Plymouth Dockyard
ADM 6/20/516
ADM 6/20
2.4.1778
30.11.1784
Appointed
Assistant Master Shipwright at Plymouth Dockyard
ADM 6/21/385
ADM 6/21
30.11.1784
30.12.1785
Appointed
Master Shipwright at Sheerness Dockyard
ADM 6/23/254
BWAS-1714
30.12.1785
3.3.1787
Appointed
Master Shipwright at Woolwich Dockyard
ADM 6/23/309
BWAS-1714
3.3.1787
Appointed
Master Shipwright at Deptford Dockyard
ADM 6/23/385
BWAS-1714
31.1.1790
Launched
Hound (16)
1790-1794
British 16 Gun
Unrated
Sloop
,
Sloop
at
Deptford Dockyard -
Deptford
BWAS-1714
30.4.1790
Launched
Brunswick (74)
1790-1826
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate
Ship of the Line
,
Ship of the Line
at
Deptford Dockyard -
Deptford
BWAS-1714
31.5.1790
Launched
Windsor Castle (98)
1790-1813
British 98 Gun
2nd Rate
Ship of the Line
,
Ship of the Line
at
Deptford Dockyard -
Deptford
BWAS-1714
24.7.1793
Launched
Hawke (16)
1793-1803
British 16 Gun
Unrated
Sloop
,
Sloop
at
Deptford Dockyard -
Deptford
BWAS-1714
19.5.1794
Launched
Firm (16)
1794-1803
British 16 Gun
Unrated
Floating Battery
,
Floating Battery
at
Deptford Dockyard -
Deptford
BWAS-1793
25.10.1794
Launched
Mars (74)
1794-1823
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate
Ship of the Line
,
Ship of the Line
at
Deptford Dockyard -
Deptford
BWAS-1793
Sources
ID
Name
Author
Type
ADM 6/18
ADM 6/18 Commission and Warrant Book 1751 May-1758 Oct.
Archive
ADM 6/20
ADM 6/20 Commission and Warrant Book 1764-1773
Archive
ADM 6/21
ADM 6/21 Commission and Warrant Book 1774 Jan.-1779 June
Archive
BWAS-1714
British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714-1792
Rif Winfield
,
Book
BWAS-1793
British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793-1817
Rif Winfield
,
Book
CSORN
Commissioned Sea Officers of the Royal Navy
David Bonner-Smith
,
Robert L. DiNardo
,
David Syrett
,
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1812 Renamed "Princess Royal"
1812 Renamed "Saint George"
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