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William Hay


NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
Date of Birthc.1734ADM 107/4
First Known Service30.8.1749CSORN
WifeElizabethADM 6/339
Last Known Service6.2.1793CSORN
Date of Death27.12.1801ADM 6/339

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
5.11.1755 Passed the Lieutenant's Examination ADM 107/4/333RNLPC
1.6.1756 LieutenantCSORN
21.11.1760 CommanderCSORN
21.11.176020.1.1761
Peregrine (8) 1733-1761
British 8 Gun
Unrated Yacht
1749 Renamed "Peregrine"
, Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/210
ADM 6/19
20.1.176118.2.1762
Grampus (14) 1746-1780
British 14 Gun
Unrated Sloop
1771 Renamed "Strombolo"
, Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/268
BWAS-1714
18.2.176212.4.1762
Senegal (14) 1760-1778
British 14 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/387
ADM 6/19
12.4.1762 CaptainCSORN
12.4.176214.4.1762
Humber (44) 1748-1762
British 44 Gun
5th Rate Ship
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/400
ADM 6/19
14.4.17624.4.1763
Chester (50) 1744-1767
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer: On board from 25.5.1762 ADM 6/19/401
BWAS-1714
20.8.176325.8.1766
Solebay (28) 1763-1782
British 28 Gun
Unrated Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/528
BWAS-1714
24.1.177026.7.1773
Carysfort (28) 1766-1813
British 28 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/268
BWAS-1714
31.5.177630.5.1777
Alarm (32) 1758-1812
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/21/190
BWAS-1714
1779 Appointed Regulating Officer at Hastings ADM 354/199/370ADM354
1.7.1779 Included in the list of captains receiving half-pay.ADM 104
6.2.1793 Superannuated Rear-AdmiralADM 6/24

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