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John Styles
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1794
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Thomas Elkington
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1794
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Aurora (28)
1777-1814
British 28 Gun
6th Rate
Frigate
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John Milligan Seppings
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1794
Update
John Skinner
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1782-1794
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1794-1794
British 6 Gun
Merchant
Packet
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Edward Browne
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1794
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Polyphemus (64)
1782-1827
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate
Ship of the Line
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William Shippard
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1794
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Robert Passmore
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1794-1798
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La Résolue (18)
1798-1798
French 18 Gun
Privateer
Unknown
(1798)
Phaeton (38)
1782-1828
British 38 Gun
5th Rate
Frigate
(1782)
Seahorse (38)
1794-1819
British 38 Gun
5th Rate
Frigate
(1794)
Charles John Moore Mansfield
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1772-1807
Sir Robert Lawrie (6
th
Baronet of Maxwelton)
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1847
Sir Graham Eden Hamond
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1836
John Allen
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1846
Sir Thomas Bladen Capel
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1792-1847
Thomas Manby
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1795-1825
Thomas Camelford
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1797-1799
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William Lee
Nationality
British
Roles
Designer, Ship Builder
First Known Service
1699
CSORN
Last Known Service
1701
CSORN
Event History
Date from
Date to
Event
Source
31.5.1698
Launched
Somerset (80)
1698-1740
British 80 Gun
3rd Rate
Ship of the Line
,
Ship of the Line
at
Chatham Dockyard -
Chatham
BWAS-1714
1699
2.8.1699
Appointed
Assistant Master Shipwright at Chatham Dockyard
ADM 6/6/9
ADM 6
3.8.1699
12.12.1700
Appointed
Master Shipwright at Sheerness Dockyard
ADM 6/6/9
ADM 6/6
21.9.1700
Launched
Peregrine Galley (20)
1700-1733
British 20 Gun
6th Rate
Yacht
1716 Renamed "Carolina"
,
Yacht
at
Sheerness -
Kent
BWAS-1714
13.12.1700
1701
Appointed
Master Shipwright at Woolwich Dockyard
ADM 6/6
1.1702
Launched
Woolwich (54)
1702-1736
British 54 Gun
4th Rate
Ship of the Line
,
Ship of the Line
at
Woolwich Dockyard -
Woolwich
B028
1703
Launched
Salamander (10)
1703-1730
British 10 Gun
Unrated
Bomb Vessel
,
Bomb Vessel
at
Chatham Dockyard -
Chatham
BWAS-1603
31.5.1703
Launched
Garland (42)
1703-1709
British 42 Gun
5th Rate
Ship
,
Ship
at
Woolwich Dockyard -
Woolwich
BWAS-1603
25.4.1704
Launched
Royal Anne (100)
1704-1727
British 100 Gun
1st Rate
Ship of the Line
,
Ship of the Line
at
Woolwich Dockyard -
Woolwich
BWAS-1603
25.10.1704
Designed
Swift (10)
1704-1719
British 10 Gun
Unrated
Sloop
,
Sloop
25.10.1704
Launched
Swift (10)
1704-1719
British 10 Gun
Unrated
Sloop
,
Sloop
at
Woolwich Dockyard -
Woolwich
BWAS-1714
31.3.1705
Launched
Resolution (70)
1705-1707
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate
Ship of the Line
,
Ship of the Line
at
Woolwich Dockyard -
Woolwich
BWAS-1603
Sources
ID
Name
Author
Type
ADM 6
ADM 6 Admiralty Service Records
Authority
,
Archive
ADM 6/6
ADM 6/6 Commission and Warrant Book 1699 2 June-1702 26 Jan
Archive
B028
Ships of the Royal Navy - Volume I
J. J. Colledge
,
Book
BWAS-1603
British Warships in the Age of Sail 1603-1714
Rif Winfield
,
Book
BWAS-1714
British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714-1792
Rif Winfield
,
Book
CSORN
Commissioned Sea Officers of the Royal Navy
David Bonner-Smith
,
Robert L. DiNardo
,
David Syrett
,
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French 18 Gun
Privateer
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British 38 Gun
5th Rate
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1794-1819
British 38 Gun
5th Rate
Frigate
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British
Naval Sailor
Service 1772-1807
Sunday 14th of June 2026 18:19
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Sir Robert Lawrie (6
th
Baronet of Maxwelton)
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1847