John Thicknesse (d.1846)

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John Thicknesse

NationalityBritish
RolesNaval Sailor
First Known Service1795CSORN
Last Known Service10.9.1840CSORN
Date of Death5.8.1846CSORN

Event History

Date from	Date to	Event	Source
26.5.1795		Lieutenant	CSORN
26.5.1795		Mosquito (Unknown) 1793-1799 British Unknown Gun Unrated Schooner , Lieutenant, and Commanding Officer	NRS169
1799	16.10.1799	Charlotte (8) 1797-1799 British 8 Gun Unrated Schooner , Lieutenant, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1793
29.1.1800		Commander	CSORN
29.1.1800	1801	Pelican (18) 1795-1806 British 18 Gun Unrated Sloop , Commander, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1793
3.1806	4.1806	Hecla (10) 1797-1813 British 10 Gun Unrated Bomb Vessel , Commander, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1793
4.1806	1810	Sheldrake (16) 1806-1817 British 16 Gun Unrated Sloop , Commander, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1793
12.10.1806		Action of 1806-10-12
10.9.1840		Superannuated Commander	CSORN

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

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

NRS169 Book

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Posted by Tim Oakley on Sunday 12th of November 2017 05:17

14 May 1800 at St. Andrew's Church, Plymouth, Captain John Thickness, of the Pelican, married Miss Sarah Augusta Fraser, only daughter of Angus Fraser, Esq. of the Royal Invalids, in the citadel of that place.

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