Conway Shipley (d.1808)

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Conway Shipley

NationalityBritish
RolesNaval Sailor
First Known Service11.1.1800CSORN
Last Known Service16.4.1808CSORN
Date of Death16.4.1808 - in the TagusBWAS-1714
Cause of DeathEnemy actionCSORN

Event History

Date from	Date to	Event	Source
11.1.1800		Lieutenant	CSORN
19.10.1803		Commander	CSORN
19.10.1803	4.5.1804	Saint Lucia (14) 1803-1807 British 14 Gun Unrated Sloop , Commander, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1793
3.1804	4.5.1804	Hippomenes (18) 1803-1813 British 18 Gun Unrated Sloop , Commander, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1793
27.3.1804		Capture of the Egyptienne
25.4.1804	5.5.1804	Capture of Surinam
4.5.1804		Captain	CSORN
4.5.1804	2.1805	Sagesse (20) 1803-1821 British 20 Gun 6th Rate Post Ship , Captain, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1793
10.1806	7.1807	Comus (22) 1806-1816 British 22 Gun 6th Rate Post Ship , Captain, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1793
3.1807	16.4.1808	Nymphe (36) 1780-1810 British 36 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , Captain, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1714
8.5.1807		Action at Las Palmas

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

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

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Posted by Tim Oakley on Sunday 17th of December 2017 22:23

n the Nymphe he accompanied the expedition to Copenhagen in 1807. He was afterwards stationed off the Tagus, where, having taken command of his boats, he was shot through the head while in the act of boarding, on the night of 23 April, 1808, the French corvette La Gavotte of 22 guns and 150 men. He had left his ship with the magnanimous intention of attacking the Carlotta frigate of 44 guns; but in this he was disappointed by the wind failing. Capt. Shipley was, in the most exalted sense, a British hero.

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