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John Evans


NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
First Known Service10.7.1691CSORN
Last Known Service11.3.1710/11CSORN
Date of Death15.3.1723/24CSORN

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
10.7.1691 CaptainCSORN
10.7.16911693
Saint Martin (18) 1691-1695
British 18 Gun
6th Rate Ship
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1603
1693bef.30.8.1698
Richmond (24) 1656-1698
British 24 Gun
5th Rate Ship
1660 Renamed "Richmond"
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/5/26
BWAS-1603
28.4.170314.11.1704
Dreadnought (66) 1690-1704
British 66 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/7/121
BWAS-1603
25.1.1704/58.3.1704/5
Pendennis (54) 1695-1705
British 54 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/8/144
ADM 6/8
9.3.1704/513.9.1706
Royal Oak (70) 1690-1710
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/8/162
B051
c.13.9.170615.8.1708
Burford (70) 1699-1719
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1714
9.12.170721.12.1707Appointed Commander-in-Chief — Plymouth ADM 6/9/108ADM 6/9
16.8.170827.7.1710
Defiance (64) 1707-1716
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/11/63
Confirmed 15.8.1710
BWAS-1603
8.11.1709 Wounded in an action against two French ships of 60 and 70 gunsref:905
26.1.1710/1111.3.1710/11
Vanguard (90) 1710-1733
British 90 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
1728 Renamed "Duke"
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/11/102
BWAS-1714

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