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Robert Winthrop

NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
First Known Service3.11.1790CSORN
A.K.A.WinthorpADM 6/24
Last Known Service8.1807CSORN

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
3.11.1790 LieutenantCSORN
3.11.179026.12.1790
Edgar (74) 1779-1835
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1814 Renamed "Retribution"
, Fifth Lieutenant ADM 6/24/85		ADM 6/24
27.12.17904.9.1791
Edgar (74) 1779-1835
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1814 Renamed "Retribution"
, Fourth Lieutenant ADM 6/24/97		ADM 6/24
5.9.179128.12.1792
Hector (74) 1774-1816
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Fourth Lieutenant ADM 6/24/132		ADM 6/24
29.12.1792 
Hector (74) 1774-1816
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Fifth Lieutenant ADM 6/24/189		ADM 6/24
6.11.179314.11.1793
Woolwich (24) 1785-1813
British 24 Gun
5th Rate Ship of the Line
, Second Lieutenant ADM 6/24/281		ADM 6/24
15.11.179319.12.1793
Asia (64) 1764-1804
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Second Lieutenant ADM 6/24/283		ADM 6/24
20.12.1793 
Asia (64) 1764-1804
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Third Lieutenant ADM 6/24/291		ADM 6/24
10.179512.1795
Victorieuse (14) 1795-1805
British 14 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Commander, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1793
6.2.179613.12.1796
Albacore (16) 1793-1802
British 16 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Commander, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1793
25.8.179631.8.1796
Undaunted (38) 1793-1796
British 38 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
1795 Renamed "Undaunted"
, Commander, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1793
13.12.1796 CaptainCSORN
12.17971799
Circe (28) 1785-1803
British 28 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1714
3.18006.9.1800
Stag (32) 1794-1800
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1793
25.8.180026.8.1800Attack on Ferrol 
3.18031805
Ardent (64) 1796-1824
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1793
7.18058.1807
Sybille (38) 1794-1833
British 38 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1793
15.8.18077.9.1807Second Battle of Copenhagen 
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Posted by Jon Miller on Sunday 14th of June 2026 04:04

Capt Robert Winthrop is appointed to the command of his Majesty’s ship Circe of 28 guns, in the room of Captain P Halket, who now has the Apollo. [Hampshire Chronicle, 6 January 1798]

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