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Charles Bowen

NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
First Known Service18.1.1799CSORN
WifeMary Hannah FisherNBD1849
Last Known Service1.10.1846CSORN

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
18.1.1799 Entered the NavyNBD1849
18.1.179921.10.1800
Achille (74) 1798-1865
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Boy		BWAS-1714
21.10.18003.1801
Achille (74) 1798-1865
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Midshipman		BWAS-1714
3.18018.1801
Edgar (74) 1779-1835
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1814 Renamed "Retribution"
, Midshipman		BWAS-1714
2.4.1801 Battle of Copenhagen 
8.180110.5.1802
London (90) 1766-1811
British 90 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, Midshipman		BWAS-1714
11.18022.1806
Juno (32) 1780-1811
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Midshipman		BWAS-1714
11.18065.1807
Polyphemus (64) 1782-1827
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Master's Mate		BWAS-1714
5.180730.8.1807
Polyphemus (64) 1782-1827
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Acting Lieutenant		BWAS-1714
30.8.1807 LieutenantCSORN
30.8.180720.8.1808
Hermes (16) 1803-1810
British 16 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Lieutenant		BWAS-1714
20.8.180811.9.1809
Thisbe (18) 1783-1815
British 18 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
, Lieutenant		BWAS-1714
11.9.18098.11.1810
Nereus (32) 1809-1817
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Lieutenant		BWAS-1714
8.11.18105.2.1813
Northumberland (74) 1798-1850
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Lieutenant		BWAS-1714
22.5.1812 Action off Lorient 
5.2.18139.1814
Indus (74) 1812-1868
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1818 Renamed "Bellona"
, Lieutenant		BWAS-1714
19.7.1822 CommanderNBD1849
19.7.18221823
Driver (18) 1797-1834
British 18 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Commander		BWAS-1714
27.6.1825 CaptainNBD1849
1.10.1846 Superannuated CaptainNBD1849
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Posted by Angus Waddington on Monday 21st of April 2025 21:27

In 1829 Captain Charles Bowen is in Bristol where he is witness to the will of Miss Barbera Montier, a recusant spinster who leaves her money to Father Henry Riley, the priest who completed the Church of the Sacred Heart, Axminster in 1831. Fellow witness is Lieutenant Walter Pike.

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