Edward Pakenham (d.1798)

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Edward Pakenham

NationalityBritish
RolesNaval Sailor
First Known Service1758CSORN
Last Known Service22.11.1790CSORN
Date of Death24.7.1798 - Bangka Strait, off SumatraBWAS-1714
Cause of DeathExplosion. Caused by a lightning strike?CSORN

Event History

Date from	Date to	Event	Source
17.7.1777		Lieutenant	CSORN
17.7.1777	6.8.1779	Viper (10) 1777-1780 British 10 Gun Unrated Schooner , Lieutenant, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/22/42 Issued by Lord Richard Howe (4^th Viscount Howe)British Naval Sailor Marine Service 1736-1799 , North America Confirmed 27.10.1779	ADM 6/22
9.4.1783		Commander	CSORN
9.4.1783	16.3.1786	Zebra (16) 1780-1812 British 16 Gun Unrated Sloop , Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/23/112 Issued by Hugh PigotBritish Naval Sailor Service 1735-1787 , Barbados Confirmed 15.8.1783	BWAS-1714
16.3.1786	29.1.1789	Merlin (18) 1780-1795 British 18 Gun Unrated Sloop , Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/23/320	BWAS-1714
22.11.1790		Captain	CSORN
22.11.1790		Trident (64) 1768-1816 British 64 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/24/88	ADM 6/24
27.6.1793	24.7.1798	Resistance (22) 1782-1798 British 22 Gun 5th Rate Ship of the Line , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/24/250	BWAS-1714

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 6/22 Archive

ADM 6/24 Archive

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

CSORNDavid Bonner-Smith, Robert L. DiNardo, David Syrett, Web Site

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