Thomas Cadogan (d.1782)

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Thomas Cadogan

NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
First Known Service26.7.1770CSORN
Brother
Lord George Cadogan (3rd Earl Cadogan)British
Naval Sailor
Service 1795-1857
NBD1849
Last Known Service15.4.1782CSORN
Date of Death16.9.1782 - off the Newfoundland BankBWAS-1714
Cause of DeathShipwrecked in a hurricanCSORN

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
26.7.1770 LieutenantCSORN
31.1.177411.11.1776
Antelope (50) 1742-1783
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Second Lieutenant ADM 6/21/12		ADM 6/21
11.11.1776 CommanderCSORN
11.11.17761.12.1777
Thunder (8) 1757-1778
British 8 Gun
Unrated Sloop
1775 Renamed "Thunder"
, Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/21/293
Issued by
Clark GaytonBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1723-1782
, Jamaica
Confirmed 19.6.1777		ADM 6/21
27.3.177726.5.1778
Porcupine (16) 1776-1788
British 16 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Commander, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1714
20.2.177815.4.1778
Formidable (98) 1777-1813
British 98 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/21/369		ADM 6
20.2.1779 CaptainCSORN
12.3.177931.3.1781
Licorne (32) 1778-1783
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/21/523		BWAS-1714
5.7.1780 Action off Cape Ortegal 
13.4.178215.4.1782
Glorieux (74) 1782-1782
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1714
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Posted by Bob Brooks on Wednesday 5th of June 2013 11:45

When VAdm Clark Gayton, CinC Jamaica, received instructions from Admiralty to re-establish HM Racehorse, Armed Sloop, as a Sloop of War, Gayton immediately commissioned/promoted Thomas Cadogan to command (ADM 6/21, p.293); however, Racehorse was then at sea under command of Lieut. William Jones and was captured by the USS Andrew Doria on 08 Dec 1776 in the vicinity of Turks & Caicos islands. Cadogan was appointed Commander of the newly purchased brig Porcupine (ex-Union), commissioned/established as a Sloop on 28 Mar 1777 (see: ADM 34/1247 & 51/707)

Posted by Bob Brooks on Wednesday 5th of June 2013 11:06

The Hon'ble Thomas Cadogan was promoted Captain on 20 Feb 1779 to commission the new HMS Formidible, 2d rate/90 (ADM 6/21, p.369) then 3 weeks later was posted to command HMS Licorne on 12 Mar 1779 (ibid., p. 523) superseding Captain Henry Bellew.

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