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Thomas Philpott

NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
First Known Service27.3.1722CSORN
A.K.A.PhillpotRNLPC
Last Known Service18.7.1746CSORN

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
27.3.17229.10.1723
Guernsey (50) 1717-1737
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Volunteer-per-order ADM 107/3/185		ADM 107/3
28.6.17256.9.1725
Elizabeth (70) 1719-1737
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Able Seaman ADM 107/3/185		ADM 107/3
7.9.17253.6.1726
Elizabeth (70) 1719-1737
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Midshipman Ordinary ADM 107/3/185		ADM 107/3
4.6.172619.7.1727
Elizabeth (70) 1719-1737
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Midshipman ADM 107/3/185		ADM 107/3
20.7.172714.3.1727/28
Medway (60) 1718-1749
British 60 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Midshipman ADM 24/3/185		ADM 107/3
24.4.1728 Passed the Lieutenant's Examination ADM 107/3/185RNLPC
12.9.1732 LieutenantCSORN
12.9.17327.2.1733/34
Fly (8) 1732-1751
British 8 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Lieutenant ADM 6/14/122		ADM 6/14
8.2.1733/343.4.1736
Torbay (80) 1719-1750
British 80 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Fourth Lt. & Lt. at Arms ADM 6/15/163		ADM 6/14
16.5.17384.12.1738
Deptford (60) 1732-1767
British 60 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Second Lieutenant ADM 6/15/118		ADM 6/15
12.6.173917.9.1739
Prince of Orange (70) 1734-1810
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1772 Renamed "Prince of Orange Hulk"
, Third Lieutenant ADM 6/15/184		ADM 6/15
18.9.173926.9.1740
Winchester (50) 1717-1781
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, First Lieutenant ADM 6/15/222		ADM 6/15
27.9.1740 CommanderADM 6/15
27.9.17404.3.1740/41
Furnace (8) 1740-1763
British 8 Gun
Unrated Bomb Vessel
, Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/15/338		BWAS-1714
5.3.1740/41 CaptainADM 6/15
5.3.1740/4113.5.1742
Lynn (44) 1741-1763
British 44 Gun
5th Rate Ship
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/15/392		ADM 6/15
4.9.17444.1.1745/46
Woolwich (50) 1741-1747
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/129
Issued by
Charles KnowlesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1718-1770
, Jamaica
Confirmed 16.7.1746		ADM 6/17
23.2.174527.2.1745Attack on the British convoy in Antigua 
4.1.1745/4618.7.1746
Princess (70) 1740-1784
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/122
Issued by
Isaac TownsendBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1696-1746
, North America
Confirmed 2.7.1746		ADM 6/17
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Posted by Albert Parker on Friday 18th of October 2019 06:02

The following sources say that Captain Thomas Philpott died in May 1742: Isaac Schomberg, /Naval Chronology/, V, 320; John Charnock, /Biographia Navalis/, V, 112; Syrett & DiNardo, per my notes (I don't have a page ref.). Could there have been two Thomas Philpotts?

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