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Henry Canham

NationalityBritish 
RolesShip Builder, Dockyard Staff 
First Known Service11.8.1767ADM 29/8
Last Known Service30.4.1825ADM 29/8

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
11.8.176710.8.1774Appointed Servant at Woolwich DockyardADM 29/8
11.8.17742.5.1778Appointed Shipwright at Woolwich DockyardADM 29/8
4.5.177822.5.1778Appointed Shipwright at Portsmouth DockyardADM 29/8
23.5.177825.10.1778Warranted Quarterman at Portsmouth Dockyard

Acting Quarterman

ADM 29/8
26.10.177811.6.1779Warranted Quarterman at Portsmouth Dockyard

Pro Quarterman

ADM 29/8
16.6.177920.10.1779Appointed Shipwright at Chatham DockyardADM 29/8
21.10.177927.9.1784Warranted Quarterman at Chatham Dockyard

Pro Quarterman

ADM 29/8
28.9.178423.3.1794Warranted Quarterman at Chatham Dockyard

Established Quarterman

ADM 29/8
24.3.179424.5.1796Appointed Overseer at Chatham DockyardADM 29/8
25.5.179624.2.1797Warranted Quarterman at Chatham DockyardADM 29/8
25.2.179730.6.1798Appointed Foreman of the Yard at Chatham Dockyard

of work afloat

ADM 29/8
2.7.179824.7.1801Appointed Master Mastmaker at Sheerness DockyardADM 29/8
25.7.180114.6.1813Appointed Assistant Master Shipwright at Portsmouth DockyardADM 29/8
10.6.181316.8.1813Appointed Master Shipwright at Milford DockyardBWAS-1793
17.8.181331.3.1816Appointed Master Shipwright at Sheerness DockyardADM 29/8
30.3.1816 Launched
Black Prince (74) 1816-1855
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Ship of the Line at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich 		BWAS-1793
1.4.181630.4.1825Appointed Master Shipwright at Woolwich DockyardADM 29/8
15.2.1817 Launched
Swift (4) 1817-1821
British 4 Gun
Unrated Schooner
, Schooner at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich 		BWAS-1793
18.2.1817 Launched
Redbreast (4) 1817-1850
British 4 Gun
Unrated Schooner
, Schooner at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich 		BWAS-1793
15.10.1818 Launched
Talavera (74) 1818-1840
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Ship of the Line at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich 		BWAS-1793
16.3.1820 Launched
Hawke (74) 1820-1865
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Ship of the Line at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich 		BWAS-1793
21.6.1822 Launched
Winchester (60) 1822-1921
British 60 Gun
4th Rate Frigate
, Frigate at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich 		BWAS-1793
14.12.1826 Launched
Hebe (46) 1826-1873
British 46 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Frigate at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich 		BWAS-1793
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