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William Gowdy

NationalityBritish
RolesNaval Sailor
First Known Service16.8.1812ref:1870
Last Known Service31.12.1829ref:1870

Date from	Date to	Event	Source
16.8.1812	27.8.1813	Bucephalus (32) 1808-1834 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , Master	ADM 52
26.11.1813	24.11.1816	Elk (16) 1813-1836 British 16 Gun Unrated Sloop , Master	ref:1871
1.12.1815		Master	ref:1870
20.2.1818	6.3.1820	Curlew (18) 1812-1822 British 18 Gun Unrated Sloop , Master	ref:1871
2.12.1819	1.1820	Operations at Ras-al-Khaimah
17.5.1820	18.1.1822	Liverpool (50) 1814-1822 British 50 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , Master	ref:1871
19.1.1822	31.10.1822	Ganges (84) 1821-1929 British 84 Gun 2nd Rate Ship of the Line 1906 Renamed "Tenedos II" 1922 Renamed "Impregnable III" 1910 Renamed "Indus V" , Master	ref:1871
11.1823	31.12.1829	Thetis (46) 1817-1830 British 46 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , Master	ref:1871

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