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John WalkerBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1794-1803
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Pylades (16) 1794-1815
British 16 Gun
Unrated Sloop
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George Stevenson WintourBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1824
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Arrogant (74) 1761-1810
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
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Excellent (74) 1787-1835
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
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Edward MarshBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1780-1801
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Charles ProbyBritish
Dockyard Staff
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Service 1794
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Justus ThompsonBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1774
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John ThompsonBritish
Dockyard Staff
Service 1787-1794
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William GilbertBritish
Dockyard Staff
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Daniel Burgess

NationalityBritish
RolesNaval Sailor
First Known Service1780CSORN
Last Known Service1798CSORN

Event History

Date from	Date to	Event	Source
1780		Passed the Lieutenant's Examination ADM 107/8/62	RNLPC
22.7.1780		Lieutenant	CSORN
30.5.1793	9.1.1794	Gibraltar (80) 1780-1836 British 80 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Second Lieutenant ADM 6/24/243	ADM 6/24
5.1797	1798	Gunboat No. 12 (14) 1797-1803 British 14 Gun Unrated Gunboat 1797 Renamed "Blazer" , Lieutenant, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1793
14.5.1798	20.5.1798	Operations against Ostend

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 6/24 Archive

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

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

RNLPCBruno Pappalardo, Book

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Posted by Jon Miller on Sunday 14th of June 2026 11:45

The Board of Admiralty are about to erect a superb monument in St Paul’s, to the memory of the gallant Captain Burgess, who fell in the action of the 11th of October, with the Dutch fleet, while commanding his Majesty’s ship Ardent. [Hampshire Chronicle, 24 February 1798]

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