Charles Richards (d.1702/3)

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Charles Richards

NationalityBritish
RolesNaval Sailor
First Known Service4.12.1694CSORN
Last Known Service23.3.1702/3BWAS-1603
Date of Death23.3.1702/3BWAS-1603

Event History

Date from	Date to	Event	Source
4.12.1694		Captain	CSORN
4.12.1694		Firedrake (12) 1693-1703 British 12 Gun Unrated Bomb Vessel , Captain, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1603
7.5.1695	10.11.1695	London (96) 1670-1706 British 96 Gun 1st Rate Ship of the Line , Second Lieutenant ADM 6/3/55	ADM 6/3
1696	8.1.1696/97	Adventure (42) 1691-1709 British 42 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line , Captain, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1603
9.1.1696/97	30.3.1697	Coventry (54) 1695-1704 British 54 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line , Captain, and Commanding Officer	ADM 106
31.3.1697	4.7.1698	Foresight (42) 1650-1698 British 42 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/4/86	BWAS-1603
8.1.1702/3	23.3.1702/3	Severn (54) 1695-1734 British 54 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/7/73	BWAS-1603

Notes on Officer

Date of DeathCSORN
The Commissioned Sea Officers of the Royal Navy gives the year of death as 1704 which is probably due to a misreading of the Julian calendar

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 106 Document

ADM 6/3 Archive

BWAS-1603Rif Winfield, Book

CSORNDavid Bonner-Smith, Robert L. DiNardo, David Syrett, Web Site

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