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William Baker


NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
First Known Service10.1737CSORN
Last Known Service29.3.1753CSORN
Date of Deathbef.9.12.1760ADM354

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
c.10.173730.4.1738
Drake (8) 1729-1740
British 8 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Acting Lieutenant
ADM354
1.5.1738 LieutenantCSORN
1.5.173823.9.1738
Dunkirk (60) 1734-1749
British 60 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms ADM 6/15/136
Confirmed 2.8.1738
ADM 6/15
9.5.173929.8.1739
Trial (8) 1732-1741
British 8 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Lieutenant ADM 6/15/175
ADM 6/15
30.8.173911.10.1740
Rochester (54) 1716-1748
British 54 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
1744 Renamed "Maidstone"
, Second Lieutenant ADM 6/15/217
ADM 6/15
12.10.174019.9.1744
Rochester (54) 1716-1748
British 54 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
1744 Renamed "Maidstone"
, First Lieutenant ADM 6/15/350
ADM 6/15
21.10.174520.8.1747
Bedford (70) 1741-1787
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1767 Renamed "Bedford Hulk"
, First Lieutenant ADM 6/17/331
Issued by
Thomas MathewsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1749
, The Mediterranean Sea
Confirmed 14.3.1747/48
ADM 6/17

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