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Thomas Saumarez

NationalityBritish
RolesNaval Sailor
Date of Birth4.1720 - St Peter Port, Guernsey ODNB
First Known Service19.12.1730ODNB
FatherMatthew de SausmarezODNB
MotherAnne DurellODNB
WifeKatharine MountstevensODNB
Nephewref:1359
BrotherODNB
Last Known Service5.3.1760ODNB
Date of Death21.9.1766 - Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire CSORN

Event History

Date from	Date to	Event	Source
19.12.1730	24.1.1730/31	Gibraltar (20) 1727-1749 British 20 Gun 6th Rate Frigate , Ordinary Seaman ADM 107/3/536	ADM 107/3
25.1.1730/31	18.5.1736	Gibraltar (20) 1727-1749 British 20 Gun 6th Rate Frigate , Able Seaman ADM 107/3/536	ADM 107/3
19.5.1736	3.5.1737	Leopard (50) 1721-1740 British 50 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line , Able Seaman ADM 107/3/536	ADM 107/3
14.8.1737	13.3.1737/38	Centurion (60) 1733-1769 British 60 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line 1744 Renamed "Eagle" 1745 Renamed "Centurion" , Able Seaman ADM 107/3/536	ADM 107/3
14.3.1737/38	24.6.1739	Windsor (60) 1729-1742 British 60 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line , Able Seaman ADM 107/3/536	ADM 107/3
25.6.1739	23.9.1740	Diamond (40) 1723-1744 British 40 Gun 5th Rate Ship of the Line , Midshipman ADM 107/3/536	ADM 107/3
23.3.1739/40		Attack on Chagres
24.9.1740	5.8.1743	Centurion (60) 1733-1769 British 60 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line 1744 Renamed "Eagle" 1745 Renamed "Centurion" , Midshipman ADM 107/3/536	ADM 107/3
6.8.1743	31.1.1743/44	Centurion's Prize (36) 1741-1744 British 36 Gun 5th Rate Galleon , Master's Mate ADM 107/3/536	ADM 107/3
1744		Passed the Lieutenant's Examination ADM 6/86/107	RNLPC
1.2.1743/44	6.9.1744	Centurion (60) 1733-1769 British 60 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line 1744 Renamed "Eagle" 1745 Renamed "Centurion" , Midshipman ADM 107/3/536	ADM 107/3
6.9.1744		Passed the Lieutenant's Examination ADM 107/3/536	RNLPC
15.12.1744		Lieutenant	NL1865-3
15.12.1744	1.7.1745	Wolf (14) 1742-1745 British 14 Gun Unrated Sloop , Lieutenant ADM 6/16/403	ADM 6/16
2.7.1745	10.8.1746	Folkestone (44) 1741-1749 British 44 Gun 5th Rate Ship , Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms ADM 6/16/503	ADM 6/16
11.8.1746	19.5.1747	Yarmouth (64) 1745-1811 British 64 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Fourth Lt. & Lt. at Arms ADM 6/17/139	ADM 6/17
3.5.1747		1st Battle of Cape Finisterre
19.5.1747	29.5.1747	Yarmouth (64) 1745-1811 British 64 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Third Lieutenant ADM 6/17/227	ADM 6/17
29.5.1747	23.11.1747	Yarmouth (64) 1745-1811 British 64 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Second Lieutenant ADM 6/17/231	ADM 6/19
14.10.1747		2nd Battle of Cape Finisterre
23.11.1747		Commander	NL1865-3
23.11.1747	27.11.1748	Falcon (10) 1745-1759 British 10 Gun Unrated Bomb Vessel , Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/286	BWAS-1714
27.11.1748		Captain	NL1865-3
27.11.1748	18.2.1748/49	Bideford (20) 1740-1754 British 20 Gun 6th Rate Ship , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/435	BWAS-1714
21.1.1751/52	23.9.1755	Wager (24) 1744-1763 British 24 Gun 6th Rate Ship , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/23	BWAS-1714
23.9.1755	4.6.1756	Ludlow Castle (44) 1744-1771 British 44 Gun 5th Rate Ship , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/195	ADM 6/18
4.6.1756	10.4.1759	Antelope (50) 1742-1783 British 50 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/276	BWAS-1714
14.5.1757		l'Aquilon vs Antelope
3.11.1757		Antelope vs Le Moras
31.10.1758		Antelope vs Belliqueux
1759		Blockade of Dunkirk 1759
26.4.1759	5.3.1760	Belliqueux (64) 1758-1772 British 64 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Captain, and Commanding Officer: On board from 1.5.1759 ADM 6/19/60	BWAS-1714

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 107/3 Archive

ADM 6/16 Archive

ADM 6/17 Archive

ADM 6/18 Archive

ADM 6/19 Archive

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

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

NL1865-3The Admiralty, Digital Book

ODNBOxford University Press, Web Site

RNLPCBruno Pappalardo, Book

ref:1359Anthony Sullivan, Book

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