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Admiral Skeffington Lutwidge

Skeffington Lutwidge

NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
Date of Birth13.3.1737 - Whitehaven TRN3
First Known Service28.4.1759TRN3
FatherThomas Lutwidgeref:676
MotherLucy Hoghtonref:676
WifeCatherine Harvey (d.1810)ref:676
Nephew
Henry Thomas LutwidgeBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1795-1847
NBD1849
Last Known Service31.7.1810TRN3
Date of Death21.8.1814TRN3

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
28.4.175914.8.1759
Echo (24) 1758-1770
British 24 Gun
6th Rate Ship
, Acting Lieutenant		ref:559
6.17599.1759Seige of Quebec 
15.8.1759 LieutenantCSORN
6.4.17636.6.1766
Cholmondley (4) 1763-1771
British 4 Gun
Unrated Cutter
, Lieutenant, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1714
21.1.1771 CommanderCSORN
21.1.177114.10.1773
Carcass (14) 1759-1784
British 14 Gun
Unrated Bomb Vessel
, Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/341		BWAS-1714
15.10.1773 CaptainCSORN
15.10.177326.8.1775
Success (20) 1740-1779
British 20 Gun
6th Rate Ship
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/522		ADM 6/20
10.8.17757.11.1780
Triton (28) 1773-1796
British 28 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/21/118		BWAS-1714
8.1.1780 Attack on the Caracas Convoy 
16.1.1780 Battle of Cape St. Vincent 
28.3.178113.9.1783
Perseverance (36) 1781-1823
British 36 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/22/268		BWAS-1714
13.9.17864.10.1786
Crown (64) 1782-1816
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/23/354		ADM 6/23
4.10.178621.10.1789
Scipio (64) 1782-1798
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/23/358		BWAS-1714
23.8.178821.10.1789Appointed Commander-in-Chief — River Medway and The Nore ADM 6/23/474ADM 6/23
21.10.178911.1789
Scipio (64) 1782-1798
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, as Flag Officer, Commodore, 		BWAS-1714
22.12.179212.4.1794
Terrible (74) 1785-1836
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/24/186		BWAS-1714
12.4.1794 Rear-Admiral of the BlueCSORN
4.7.1794 Rear-Admiral of the WhiteCSORN
1.6.1795 Vice-Admiral of the BlueCSORN
21.6.17974.1799Appointed Commander-in-Chief — River Medway and The Nore ADM 6/26/100ADM 6/26
7.17979.1797
Sandwich (90) 1759-1810
British 90 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral of the Blue, 		BWAS-1714
10.17971799
Zealand (64) 1796-1830
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1812 Renamed "Justitia"
, as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral of the Blue, 		BWAS-1793
14.2.1799 Vice-Admiral of the RedCSORN
4.17991.1802Appointed Commander-in-Chief — The DownsTRN4
4.179921.1.1802
Overyssel (64) 1795-1810
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral of the Red, 		BWAS-1793
30.8.1799 Seizure of the Dutch Fleet at Vlieter 
1.1.1801 Admiral of the BlueCSORN
9.11.1805 Admiral of the WhiteCSORN
31.7.1810 Admiral of the RedCSORN
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