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Best Mihell

NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
First Known Service4.12.1739CSORN
Last Known Service17.2.1755CSORN
Date of Death2.1755BWAS-1714

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
4.12.1739 LieutenantCSORN
4.12.17394.2.1739/40
Diamond (40) 1723-1744
British 40 Gun
5th Rate Ship of the Line
, Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms ADM 6/16/12
Confirmed 10.2.1741/42		ADM 6/16
5.2.1739/4013.1.1740/41
Strafford (60) 1735-1756
British 60 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms ADM 6/16/12
Confirmed 10.2.1741/42		ADM 6/16
20.2.1740/4124.2.1741/42
Weymouth (60) 1736-1745
British 60 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Second Lieutenant ADM 6/15/12
Confirmed 10.2.1741/42		ADM 6/16
4.3.1740/415.1741Operations against Cartagena 
25.2.1741/428.5.1742
Weymouth (60) 1736-1745
British 60 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, First Lieutenant ADM 6/16/24		ADM 6/15
24.6.17429.12.1743
Falmouth (50) 1729-1747
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, First Lieutenant ADM 6/16/67		ADM 6/16
10.12.17435.4.1744
Litchfield (50) 1730-1744
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, First Lieutenant ADM 6/16/293
Confirmed 16.4.1744		ADM 6/16
15.6.174420.6.1744
Gosport (44) 1741-1768
British 44 Gun
5th Rate Ship
, First Lieutenant ADM 6/16/322		ADM 6/16
11.8.174429.8.1744
Strafford (58) 1735-1756
British 58 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, First Lieutenant ADM 6/16/351		ADM 6/16
30.8.174416.5.1746
Cornwall (80) 1726-1761
British 80 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Fourth Lt. & Lt. at Arms ADM 6/16/358		ADM 6/16
19.1.1746/4719.8.1747
Princess (70) 1740-1784
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, First Lieutenant ADM 6/17/192		ADM 6/17
19.8.17475.9.1747
Boyne (80) 1739-1763
British 80 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Third Lieutenant ADM 6/17/427
Issued by
The Hon. John ByngBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1718-1757

Confirmed 30.12.1748		ADM 6/17
6.9.1747 CommanderCSORN
6.9.174723.8.1748
Cruizer (12) 1746-1748
British 12 Gun
Unrated Brig
, Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/421
Issued by
The Hon. John ByngBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1718-1757

Confirmed 9.12.1748		BWAS-1714
20.1.175417.2.1755
Kingfisher (14) 1745-1763
British 14 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/88		BWAS-1714
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