Alexander Gordon (d.1743)

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Alexander Gordon

NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
First Known Service22.3.1718/19CSORN
Last Known Service10.2.1741/42CSORN
Date of Death1743CSORN

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
5.4.1725 Passed the Lieutenant's Examination ADM 107/3/151RNLPC
13.1.1727/28 LieutenantCSORN
13.1.1727/2828.5.1730
Anglesea (40) 1725-1742
British 40 Gun
5th Rate Ship
, Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms ADM 6/14/188		ADM 6/13
29.5.173030.9.1730
Anglesea (40) 1725-1742
British 40 Gun
5th Rate Ship
, First Lieutenant ADM 6/14/58
Confirmed 10.9.1730		ADM 6/14
13.11.173324.1.1733/34
Antelope (54) 1703-1738
British 54 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Third Lieutenant ADM 6/14/154		ADM 6/14
25.1.1733/3422.2.1733/34
Antelope (54) 1703-1738
British 54 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Second Lieutenant ADM 6/14/160		ADM 6/14
23.2.1733/346.5.1735
Yarmouth (70) 1709-1769
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1740 Renamed "Yarmouth Hulk"
, Third Lieutenant ADM 6/15/168		ADM 6/14
7.5.173625.9.1736
Argyll (50) 1722-1748
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, First Lieutenant ADM 6/15/33
Confirmed 14.9.1736		ADM 6/15
5.1.1737/3813.7.1738
Terrible (6) 1730-1749
British 6 Gun
Unrated Bomb Vessel
, Lieutenant ADM 6/15/93		ADM 6/15
14.7.17384.12.1738
Lion (60) 1738-1765
British 60 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Second Lieutenant ADM 6/15/131		ADM 6/15
14.8.173924.7.1740
Severn (50) 1739-1746
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, First Lieutenant ADM 6/15/210		ADM 6/15
2.2.1740/4119.3.1740/41
Royal George (100) 1715-1767
British 100 Gun
1st Rate Ship of the Line
1756 Renamed "Royal Anne"
, Fourth Lieutenant ADM 6/15/375		ADM 6/15
20.3.1740/415.5.1741
Royal George (100) 1715-1767
British 100 Gun
1st Rate Ship of the Line
1756 Renamed "Royal Anne"
, Third Lieutenant ADM 6/15/400		ADM 6/15
6.5.174116.11.1741
Royal George (100) 1715-1767
British 100 Gun
1st Rate Ship of the Line
1756 Renamed "Royal Anne"
, Second Lieutenant ADM 6/15/415		ADM 6/15
17.11.1741 CommanderADM 6/15
17.11.174114.1.1741/42
Otter (6) 1721-1742
British 6 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/15/479		BWAS-1714
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