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Sir Thomas Williams


NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
Date of Birth1761ODNB
First Known Service8.12.1779ODNB
Father
William WilliamsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1750-1778
E-WIKI
WifeJane Cooper (d.1798)E-WIKI
WifeMiss Whapshare (d.1824)E-WIKI
Last Known Service22.7.1830ODNB
Date of Death8.10.1841 - Weybridge, SurreyODNB

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
8.12.1779 LieutenantCSORN
8.12.17799.1.1780
America (64) 1777-1807
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Fourth Lieutenant ADM 6/22/62
ODNB
8.1.1780 Attack on the Caracas Convoy 
5.178115.4.1783
Assurance (44) 1780-1815
British 44 Gun
5th Rate Ship of the Line
, First Lieutenant
ODNB
15.4.1783 CommanderCSORN
15.4.17833.1784
Rhinoceros (34) 1781-1784
British 34 Gun
Unrated Floating Battery
, Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/23/197
Issued by
Robert DigbyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1752-1805
, North America
Confirmed 19.3.1784
BWAS-1714
16.6.178922.11.1790
Otter (14) 1782-1801
British 14 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/23/531
ADM 6/23
22.11.1790 CaptainCSORN
22.11.1790 
Ceres (32) 1781-1830
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/24/88
ADM 6/24
1792 Married JaneE-WIKI
3.12.179212.5.1794
Lizard (28) 1757-1828
British 28 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/24/183
BWAS-1714
30.7.17949.1795
Daedalus (32) 1780-1811
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/25/69
BWAS-1714
7.17953.1797
Unicorn (32) 1794-1815
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1793
8.6.1796 Action of 1796-06-08 
13.7.1796 Appointed Knight BachelorTKE2
4.17971.1800
Endymion (44) 1797-1868
British 44 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1793
6.4.17975.1797
Cambrian (40) 1797-1828
British 40 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1793
10.1797 Receiving a pension of 5s per day as a "captain receiving pensions on account of wounds"SNL1799
1800 Married Miss WhapshareE-WIKI
1800 
Russell (74) 1764-1811
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1714
2.180111.1801
Vanguard (74) 1787-1821
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1714
3.1801 
Juste (80) 1794-1811
British 80 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1793
5.18046.1805
Neptune (98) 1797-1818
British 98 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1793
8.18071808
Neptune (98) 1797-1818
British 98 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1793
25.10.1809 Rear-Admiral of the BlueCSORN
7.18101811
Hannibal (74) 1810-1833
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral of the White,
BWAS-1793
31.7.1810 Rear-Admiral of the WhiteCSORN
18111814Appointed Commander-in-Chief — The NoreE-WIKI
1.18111812
Royal George (100) 1788-1822
British 100 Gun
1st Rate Ship of the Line
, as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral of the White,
BWAS-1714
1812 
Namur (74) 1805-1833
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral,
BWAS-1714
12.8.1812 Rear-Admiral of the RedCSORN
4.6.1814 Vice-Admiral of the BlueCSORN
2.1.1815 Created 1st Knight Commander of the Order of the BathTKE1
22.7.1830 AdmiralODNB
13.9.1831 Appointed Knight BachelorTKE1
18331836Appointed Commander-in-Chief — PortsmouthE-WIKI

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Posted by Tim Oakley on Tuesday 4th of June 2024 08:37

January 1801 it was reported that Williams was to have the Russell 74 in the Channel Fleet, in February this was amended to the Juste 84, but then shortly afterwards he joined the recommissioning Vanguard 74, in which he sailed from Portsmouth on 20 April ref More than Nelson


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