Francis Tinsley (d.1807)

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Francis Tinsley

NationalityBritish
RolesNaval Sailor
First Known Service1763CSORN
Last Known Service16.10.1783CSORN
Date of Death1807CSORN
Will Probated23.5.1807, PROB 11/1462/87

Event History

Date from	Date to	Event	Source
1763		Passed the Lieutenant's Examination ADM 107/6/48	RNLPC
27.8.1764		Lieutenant	CSORN
31.5.1776	30.11.1777	Endeavour (Unknown) 1776-1777 British Unknown Gun Hired Unknown , Lieutenant, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/21/408 Issued by James YoungBritish Naval Sailor Service 1737-1778 , Barbados Confirmed 18.5.1778	ADM 6/21
1.3.1779		Commander	CSORN
1.3.1779	4.1780	Bellona (18) 1779-1780 British 18 Gun Hired Armed Ship , Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/21/516	ADM 6/21
4.5.1781	16.10.1783	Hornet (14) 1776-1791 British 14 Gun Unrated Sloop , Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/22/282	BWAS-1714

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IDNameAuthorType

ADM 6/21 Archive

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

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

RNLPCBruno Pappalardo, Book

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Posted by David Watkins on Wednesday 16th of November 2016 14:35

Francis Tinsley, Commander, Hired Armed Ship 'BELLONA' 20gun (6pdrs) from Oct 1779 to either April or Dec 1780, when it foundered and was abandoned as wreck in River Texel. Convoy Escort duty from Hull to Heligoland. Source: various Historical documents relating to Stockton-on-Tees, where the ship was launched 8/12/1779.

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