John Wheelock (d.1779)

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John Wheelock

NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
First Known Service18.2.1732/33CSORN
Last Known Service17.3.1779CSORN
Date of Death1779ref:898

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
18.2.1732/33 
Royal Naval Academy (Unarmed) 1733-1837
British Unarmed Gun
Shore Unknown
1806 Renamed "Royal Navy College"
, Scholar ADM 6/14/165		ADM 6/14
26.6.1741 LieutenantCSORN
6.5.174720.8.1747
Boyne (80) 1739-1763
British 80 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, First Lieutenant ADM 6/17/370
Issued by
Henry MedleyBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1706-1747
, The Mediterranean Sea
Confirmed 22.7.1748		ADM 6/17
19.2.1756 CommanderCSORN
19.2.175610.1.1757
Fly (8) 1752-1772
British 8 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/237		BWAS-1714
10.1.17575.5.1757
Stork (10) 1756-1758
British 10 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/342		ref:832
21.12.1757 CaptainCSORN
21.12.175712.5.1759
Squirrel (20) 1755-1783
British 20 Gun
6th Rate Ship
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/463		BWAS-1714
6.6.175827.7.1758The Siege of Louisbourg 
15.5.175920.2.1764
Pembroke (60) 1757-1793
British 60 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/270
Issued by
Charles SaundersBritish
Naval Sailor
Marine
Service 1727-1773

Confirmed 27.1.1760		BWAS-1714
6.17599.1759Seige of Quebec 
6.6.176213.8.1762Operations against Havana 
16.8.177015.4.1771
Achilles (60) 1756-1784
British 60 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer: On board from 30.8.1770 ADM 6/20/288		ADM 6/20
9.4.177116.10.1772
Modeste (64) 1759-1800
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/365		BWAS-1714
24.10.177714.11.1778
Sultan (74) 1775-1816
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1805 Renamed "Suffolk"
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/21/327		BWAS-1714
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Posted by Albert Parker on Sunday 9th of August 2020 00:56

In the action between _Russell_, 80 and Spanish 70 _Glorioso_ on October 7/18, 1747, off Cape St. Vincent, "As for the officer who was shot in the face . . . it was first lieutenant John Wheelock." Agustín Pacheco Fernandez, _El «Glorioso»_ (3rd ed.; [Vallodolid]: Galland Books Editorial, 2016), p. 162 (my translation). _Russell_ was going home for a badly needed refit, and had transferred about a third of her crew to ships that were staying in the Mediterranean. Perhaps Wheelock was transferred so that he could go home to seek employment more likely to get him promoted. Medley had died on August 5/16 and had been succeeded as Mediterranean c-in-c by his second in command, Rear-Adm. Hon. John Byng (yes, THAT Byng).

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