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1714-1718
British 4 Gun
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Service 1714-1718
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British
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Service 1798
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La Vengeance (20)
1797-1800
French 20 Gun
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Zephyr (8)
1790-1798
British 8 Gun
Merchant
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1786-1798
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East Indiaman
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1782-1798
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1720-1723
Pirate 26 Gun
6th Rate
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1719-1720
British 26 Gun
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East Indiaman
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Richard Lazenby
British
Naval Sailor
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Service 1719-1723
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Devastation (6)
1841-1866
British 6 Gun
Unrated
Steam Sloop
(1841)
Zephyr (8)
1790-1798
British 8 Gun
Merchant
East Indiaman
(1790)
Pembroke (60)
1733-1749
British 60 Gun
4th Rate
Ship of the Line
(1733)
Mercury (20)
1745-1753
British 20 Gun
6th Rate
Ship
(1745)
Seahorse (24)
1748-1784
British 24 Gun
6th Rate
Frigate
(1748)
Charles Powlett
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1728-1749
Namur (74)
1746-1749
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate
Ship of the Line
(1746)
Namur (74)
1746-1749
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate
Ship of the Line
(1746)
Shark (8)
1732-1755
British 8 Gun
Unrated
Sloop
(1732)
Zephyr (8)
1790-1798
British 8 Gun
Merchant
East Indiaman
(1790)
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1700
Birth of
Patrick Baird
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1738-1761
1720/11/07
Birth of
Joseph Cave
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1738-1761
c.1726
Birth of
Robert Pitcairn
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1749-1763
c.1728
Birth of
Richard Douglas
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1751-1780
1730/01/19
Birth of
Frederick Lewis Maitland
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1748-1785
1730/11/04
Birth of
William Bayne
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1749-1782
1731/05/06
Birth of
William Hunter
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1755-1810
1741
Birth of
William Blair
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1754-1781
1761/10/08
Birth of
Sir Andrew Snape Douglas
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1770-1797
1771/08/17
Death of
Sir William Baird (5
th
Baronet of Saughton Hall)
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1742-1765
1778/12/10
Birth of
George Pringle
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1795-1815
1787/06/08
Birth of
Alexander Wight
British
Soldier
Service 1805
1789/03/10
Death of
Sir Charles Douglas (1
st
Baronet Carr)
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1753-1789
1789/11
Birth of
William Dumbreck
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1810-1814
1792/08/15
Birth of
Norwich Duff
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1805-1857
1792/08/25
Death of
John Lockhart Nasmith
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1750-1782
1792/09/01
Birth of
David Ramsay
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1812
1795/09/15
Death of
Francis Keir
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1760-1782
1804/08/04
Death of
Lord Adam Duncan (1
st
Viscount Duncan of Camperdown)
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1746-1849
TRN3
1807/03/11
Death of
John Inglis
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1755-1805
1810/06/30
Death of
George Michie
British
Naval Sailor
Medic
Service 1790-1805
1813/11/17
Death of
Sir William George Fairfax
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1750-1813
TRN3
1816/11/24
Death of
George Forbes
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1794
1818/08/05
Death of
Alexander Graeme
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1760-1813
1818/11/18
Death of
David Ramsay
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1773-1808
1823/09/14
Death of
Alexander Skene
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1823
1826
Death of
John Law McClellan
British
Naval Sailor
Medic
Service 1770-1783
1841/08/13
Death of
Sir Patrick Campbell
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1788-1830
1848/01/29
Death of
Pringle Stoddart
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1794-1808
Sources
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Author
Type
TRN3
The Royal Navy : a history from the earliest times to the present Vol III
William Laird Clowes
,
Digital Book
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