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Charles Cowper Benett

NationalityBritish
RolesNaval Sailor
First Known Service10.1801CSORN
FatherRev. John BenettNBD1849
MotherFrancis TurtonNBD1849
WifeSarah BurltonNBD1849
SonWilliam Morgan BenettNBD1849
Daughter-in-LawBarabara Sarah WaringNBD1849
BrotherNBD1849
Last Known Service15.6.1814CSORN

Event History

Date from	Date to	Event	Source
10.1801		Entered the Navy	NBD1849
10.1801	20.12.1801	Pelican (18) 1795-1806 British 18 Gun Unrated Sloop , 1st Class Volunteer	NBD1849
20.12.1801	28.7.1802	Abergavenny (54) 1795-1807 British 54 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line , Midshipman	NBD1849
1802		Ganges (74) 1782-1816 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Midshipman	NBD1849
8.1806	11.4.1808	Magnificent (74) 1806-1843 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Midshipman	NBD1849
11.4.1808		Lieutenant	CSORN
3.6.1808	8.1809	Vanguard (74) 1787-1821 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Lieutenant	NBD1849
1810		Married Sarah	NBD1849
9.7.1812	19.10.1812	Cornwall (74) 1812-1875 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line 1868 Renamed "Wellesley" , Lieutenant	NBD1849
19.10.1812	15.6.1814	Impregnable (98) 1810-1906 British 98 Gun 2nd Rate Ship of the Line , Lieutenant	NBD1849
15.6.1814		Commander	CSORN
15.6.1814		Placed on Half-Pay	NBD1849

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IDNameAuthorType

CSORNDavid Bonner-Smith, Robert L. DiNardo, David Syrett, Web Site

NBD1849O'Brien, Digital Book

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