Sir Henry Johnson (c.1661-1719)

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Sir Henry Johnson

NationalityBritish
RolesShip Owner, Ship Builder
Date of Birthc.1661E-WIKI
First Known Service1681E-WIKI
FatherE-WIKI
MotherMary MeltonHPO
WifeAnne Smithson - Married 14.5.1686HPO
WifeMartha LovelaceHPO
BrotherWilliam, MP (d.1718)HPO
Last Known Service1709E-WIKI
Date of Death29.9.1719E-WIKI

Ships Owned

FromToVesselSource
16811695
16831691
16971709

Related Ship Yards

FromToPositionYardSource
16831718OwnerBlackwall Yard - Blackwall E-WIKI

Event History

Date from	Date to	Event	Source
8.6.1681		Launched Amoy Merchant (28) 1681-1695 British 28 Gun Merchant East Indiaman , East Indiaman at Blackwall Yard - Blackwall	EICS
1683		Launched Beaufort (60) 1683-1691 British 60 Gun Merchant East Indiaman , East Indiaman at Blackwall Yard - Blackwall	EICS
18.3.1684/85		Appointed Knight Bachelor	HPO
10.1.1689	29.9.1719	Elected a Member of Parliament for Aldeburgh	HPO
29.11.1690		Launched Dreadnought (66) 1690-1704 British 66 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Ship of the Line at Blackwall Yard - Blackwall	BWAS-1603
7.3.1690/91		Launched Strombolo (28) 1691-1713 British 28 Gun 5th Rate Fireship , Fireship at Blackwall Yard - Blackwall	B028
6.5.1691		Launched Aldborough (10) 1691-1696 British 10 Gun Unrated Sloop , Sloop at Blackwall Yard - Blackwall	BWAS-1603
17.2.1693/94		Launched Blaze (28) 1694-1697 British 28 Gun 5th Rate Fireship , Fireship at Blackwall Yard - Blackwall	BWAS-1603
23.10.1694		Launched Romney (54) 1694-1707 British 54 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line , Ship of the Line at Blackwall Yard - Blackwall	B028
20.4.1695		Launched Colchester (54) 1695-1704 British 54 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line , Ship of the Line at Blackwall Yard - Blackwall	BWAS-1603
23.4.1695		Launched Comet (4) 1695-1706 British 4 Gun Unrated Bomb Vessel , Bomb Vessel at Blackwall Yard - Blackwall	BWAS-1603
22.5.1695		Launched Blast (4) 1695-1724 British 4 Gun Unrated Bomb Vessel , Bomb Vessel at Blackwall Yard - Blackwall	B028
16.9.1695		Launched Severn (54) 1695-1734 British 54 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line , Ship of the Line at Blackwall Yard - Blackwall	BWAS-1603
16.9.1695		Launched Burlington (54) 1695-1733 British 54 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line , Ship of the Line at Blackwall Yard - Blackwall	B028
6.7.1696		Launched Blackwall (54) 1696-1705 British 54 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line , Ship of the Line at Blackwall Yard - Blackwall	B028
6.7.1696		Launched Guernsey (54) 1696-1716 British 54 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line , Ship of the Line at Blackwall Yard - Blackwall	B028
1697		Launched Anna (26) 1697-1709 British 26 Gun Merchant East Indiaman , East Indiaman at Blackwall Yard - Blackwall	EICS
1700		Launched Advice Frigate (12) 1700-1702 British 12 Gun Merchant Merchantman , Merchantman at Blackwall Yard - Blackwall	EICS
12.1704		Launched Dunkirk (50) 1704-1729 British 50 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line , Ship of the Line at Blackwall Yard - Blackwall	BWAS-1603
3.1704/5		Launched Plymouth (60) 1705-1705 British 60 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line , Ship of the Line at Blackwall Yard - Blackwall	BWAS-1603
18.2.1705/6		Launched Dreadnought (60) 1706-1721 British 60 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line , Ship of the Line at Blackwall Yard - Blackwall	BWAS-1603
9.9.1706		Launched Winchelsea (26) 1706-1707 British 26 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , Frigate at Blackwall Yard - Blackwall	BWAS-1603

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

B028J. J. Colledge, Book

BWAS-1603Rif Winfield, Book

E-WIKIVarious, Web Site

EICSAndrea Cordani, Cy Harrison, Web Site

HPO Web Site

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