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| Date from | Date to | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.9.1741 | Passed the Lieutenant's Examination ADM 107/3/440 | RNLPC | |
| 4.9.1742 | Lieutenant | CSORN | |
| 27.7.1745 | 20.6.1748 | Kingston (14)
1745-1748 , Lieutenant, and Commanding Officer ADM 106/1003/258British 14 Gun Hired Armed Vessel | ADM 106 |
| 7.10.1745 | Captain John Botterell, the Kingston Armed Vessel at Deptford . Surgeon's necessaries wanted. | ADM 106 | |
| 18.2.1760 | Commander | CSORN | |
| 18.2.1760 | 26.3.1762 | Granado (8)
1742-1763 , Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/136British 8 Gun Unrated Bomb Vessel | ref:525 |
| 7.1.1762 | 10.2.1762 | Operations against Martinique | |
| 7.4.1762 | Captain | CSORN | |
| 7.4.1762 | 18.2.1764 | Success (20)
1740-1779 , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/396British 20 Gun 6th Rate Ship | BWAS-1714 |
| 23.7.1767 | 4.11.1769 | Squirrel (20)
1755-1783 , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/175British 20 Gun 6th Rate Ship | BWAS-1714 |
| 4.11.1769 | 6.11.1771 | Jason (32)
1763-1785 , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/413British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate Issued by Robert ManBritish , Barbados
Naval Sailor Service 1731-1780 Confirmed 26.11.1771 | BWAS-1714 |
| 25.10.1772 | Captain John Botterell, Tynemouth near Newcastle. Is informed by the owners of some storehouses at Shields that there are some old mooring cables belonging to the Lynx sloop and some Carpenter's stores there. As he is ordered on foreign service he supposes he will not be able to get them again and asks for directions. | ADM 106 | |
| 1.7.1779 | Included in the list of captains receiving half-pay. | ADM 104 |