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Thomas Cooper


NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
First Known Service19.5.1712CSORN
WifeElizabethPROB11
Last Known Service1746CSORN
Date of Death1760CSORN
Will Probated19.8.1760

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
7.3.1717/18 Passed the Lieutenant's Examination ADM 107/3/63RNLPC
27.2.1718/1913.1.1720/21
Dunkirk (50) 1704-1729
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Second Lieutenant ADM 6/12/228
Confirmed 3.1.1720/21
ADM 6/12
15.3.1721/2213.4.1724
Nonsuch (50) 1717-1745
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
1740 Renamed "Nonsuch Hulk"
, Second Lieutenant ADM 6/16/31
ADM 6/13
23.12.172720.5.1728
Dunkirk (50) 1704-1729
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Second Lieutenant ADM 6/14/205
Confirmed 17.5.1728
ADM 6/13
2.4.172924.12.1731
Grafton (70) 1725-1744
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, First Lieutenant ADM 6/14/20
ADM 6/14
5.5.1735 CommanderCSORN
5.5.173513.11.1738
Solebay (6) 1711-1748
British 6 Gun
6th Rate Ship
, Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/14/211
BWAS-1714
14.11.1738 CaptainCSORN
14.11.173823.6.1739
Solebay (6) 1711-1748
British 6 Gun
6th Rate Ship
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/15/242
Confirmed 28.12.1739
ADM 6/15
24.6.173911.10.1740
Chester (54) 1708-1750
British 54 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/15/248
Confirmed 13.2.1739/40
BWAS-1603
12.10.17403.8.1743
Dunkirk (60) 1734-1749
British 60 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/15/350
BWAS-1714
7.1.1741 Action of January 7 1741 
4.3.1740/415.1741Operations against Cartagena 
4.8.17432.12.1745
Stirling Castle (70) 1742-1762
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/178
Issued by
Thomas MathewsBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1695-1749
, The Mediterranean Sea
Confirmed 5.12.1746
ADM 6/17
10.2.1743/4411.2.1743/44Battle of Toulon 

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