Benjamin Clive (d.1764)

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Benjamin Clive

NationalityBritish
RolesNaval Sailor
First Known Service16.3.1745/46CSORN
BrotherRev. RobertPROB11
SisterJudithPROB11
Last Known Service13.12.1762CSORN
Date of Death1764CSORN

Event History

Date from	Date to	Event	Source
16.3.1745/46		Lieutenant	CSORN
22.7.1756		Commander	CSORN
22.7.1756	14.8.1756	Oswego (5) 1755-1756 British 5 Gun Unrated Sloop , Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/295	ADM 6/18
5.5.1757	22.5.1758	Cormorant (18) 1757-1762 British 18 Gun Unrated Sloop , Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/394	BWAS-1714
22.5.1758		Captain	ADM 6/18
22.5.1758	14.4.1760	Rose (20) 1757-1779 British 20 Gun 6th Rate Ship , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/516	TRN3
5.6.1758	12.6.1758	Raid on Saint-Malo
14.4.1760	1.10.1760	Sutherland (50) 1741-1770 British 50 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/158	BWAS-1714
24.11.1760	13.12.1762	Trident (64) 1747-1763 British 64 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/211	BWAS-1714
29.3.1761	11.6.1761	Expedition against Belle-Isle

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 6/18 Archive

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

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

PROB11 Archive

TRN3William Laird Clowes, Digital Book

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