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Thomas Sotheby


NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
First Known Service24.9.1771CSORN
Last Known Service4.6.1814CSORN

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
24.9.17711774
Royal Naval Academy (Unarmed) 1733-1837
British Unarmed Gun
Shore Unknown
1806 Renamed "Royal Navy College"
, Scholar ADM 6/20/404
ADM 6/20
18.10.1778 LieutenantCSORN
5.1.1783 CommanderCSORN
5.1.178311.6.1783
Experiment (14) 1781-1785
British 14 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/23/116
Issued by
Hugh PigotBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1735-1787
, Barbados
Confirmed 19.8.1783
BWAS-1714
11.6.1783 CaptainCSORN
11.6.17831.10.1784
Champion (24) 1779-1816
British 24 Gun
6th Rate Post Ship
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/23/238
Issued by
Edward HughesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1735-1793
, East Indies
Confirmed 23.8.1784
BWAS-1714
26.3.17937.8.1794
Daphne (24) 1776-1794
British 24 Gun
6th Rate Ship
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/24/223
BWAS-1714
4.8.179421.12.1796
Bombay Castle (74) 1782-1796
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1714
7.8.17941795
Andromeda (32) 1784-1808
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/25/72
BWAS-1714
13.7.1795 Battle of Hyeres 
1.4.179721.6.1797
Victory (100) 1765-2019
British 100 Gun
1st Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
W009
1.17984.11.1800
Marlborough (74) 1767-1800
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1714
3.179811.1798
Namur (90) 1756-1804
British 90 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1714
5.18014.1802
Courageux (74) 1800-1832
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1793
9.11.1805 Rear-Admiral of the BlueCSORN
1808 
Saint George (98) 1785-1811
British 98 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral,
BWAS-1714
18081811
Dreadnought (98) 1801-1857
British 98 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, as Flag Officer, Rear-Admiral,
BWAS-1793
28.4.1808 Rear-Admiral of the WhiteCSORN
25.10.1809 Rear-Admiral of the RedCSORN
31.7.1810 Vice-Admiral of the BlueCSORN
12.8.1812 Vice-Admiral of the WhiteCSORN
4.6.1814 Vice-Admiral of the RedCSORN

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