Francis Cole (d.1798)

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Francis Cole

NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
First Known Service30.4.1779CSORN
FatherHumphrey Coleref:616
MotherPhillis Maughanref:616
Brother
Sir Christopher ColeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1780-1828
ref:616
Brother
John ColeBritish
Naval Sailor
Clergyman
Service 1780
ref:616
Last Known Service1795CSORN
Date of Death18.4.1798BWAS-1793

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
30.4.1779 LieutenantCSORN
12.12.1782 CommanderCSORN
12.12.17821.3.1784
Trepassey (14) 1782-1784
British 14 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/23/143
Issued by
Hugh PigotBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1735-1787
, West Indies
Confirmed 25.9.1783		BWAS-1714
14.7.178626.8.1789
Fortune (16) 1780-1797
British 16 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/23/346		BWAS-1714
21.9.1790 CaptainCSORN
21.9.179020.11.1790
Diomede (44) 1781-1795
British 44 Gun
5th Rate Ship
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/24/68		ADM 6/24
18.4.17931795
Eurydice (24) 1781-1834
British 24 Gun
6th Rate Ship
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/24/231		BWAS-1714
1.17952.1795
Galatea (32) 1794-1809
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1793
4.179518.4.1798
Revolutionaire (36) 1794-1822
British 36 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1793
23.6.1795 Action of Ile Groix 
Previous comments on this page

Posted by Cy on Monday 7th of June 2021 10:00

Thanks, all better now

Posted by A Jackson on Monday 7th of June 2021 09:30

Cole can't have launched Blonde in 1819 if he died 21 years earlier.

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