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Sir Edward Brace

NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
Date of Birth1770 - Kimbolton, Hertfordshire ref:616
Baptism2.6.1770ref:616
First Known Service15.4.1781ref:616
FatherFrancis BraceE-WIKI
WifeElizabeth Fisher - Married 3.9.1800WWNH
Nephew
Francis BraceBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1805-1843
NBD1849
Nephew
Herbert Brace PowellBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1805-1822
ref:676
Last Known Service12.1843ref:616
Date of Death26.12.1843 - The Nore NBD1849

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
15.4.17811.5.1783
Artois (40) 1780-1786
British 40 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Captain's Servant		WWNH
5.8.1781 Battle of Dogger Bank 
4.7.178326.10.1783
Janus (44) 1778-1810
British 44 Gun
5th Rate Ship of the Line
1788 Renamed "Dromedary"
, Able Seaman		WWNH
1.5.178527.10.1787
Janus (44) 1778-1810
British 44 Gun
5th Rate Ship of the Line
1788 Renamed "Dromedary"
, Midshipman		WWNH
27.10.178711.1787
Victory (100) 1765-2019
British 100 Gun
1st Rate Ship of the Line
, Midshipman		WWNH
11.17873.6.1788
Gorgon (20) 1785-1817
British 20 Gun
Unrated Transport
, Midshipman		WWNH
3.6.178812.10.1788
Edgar (74) 1779-1835
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1814 Renamed "Retribution"
, Midshipman		WWNH
12.10.17881.10.1790
Crown (64) 1782-1816
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Able Seaman		WWNH
1.10.17908.11.1791
Crown (64) 1782-1816
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Midshipman		WWNH
8.11.1791 
Minerva (38) 1780-1803
British 38 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
1798 Renamed "Pallas"
, Midshipman		WWNH
15.3.1792 LieutenantCSORN
15.3.179231.12.1792
Ariel (16) 1781-1802
British 16 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Second Lieutenant ADM 6/24/173
Issued by
The Hon. William CornwallisBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1755-1807
, East Indies
Confirmed 8.9.1792		ADM 6/24
1.1.17939.4.1794
Iris (32) 1783-1833
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
1809 Renamed "Solebay"
, Third Lieutenant ADM 6/24/189		ADM 6/24
13.5.1793 Iris vs Citoyenne Française 
10.4.179420.12.1795
Polyphemus (64) 1782-1827
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Second Lieutenant ADM 6/25/28		ADM 6/25
20.12.17957.3.1796
Hazard (6) 1793-1801
British 6 Gun
Hired Cutter
, Lieutenant, and Commanding Officer		WWNH
7.3.179629.6.1797
Polyphemus (64) 1782-1827
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Lieutenant		WWNH
30.6.1797 CommanderCSORN
30.6.179710.8.1797
Polyphemus (64) 1782-1827
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Commander		WWNH
30.6.179722.4.1800
Kangaroo (16) 1795-1802
British 16 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Commander, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1793
16.10.179818.10.1798Capture of the Loire 
22.4.1800 CaptainCSORN
4.18019.1801
Neptune (98) 1797-1818
British 98 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1793
12.18014.1802
Camilla (20) 1776-1831
British 20 Gun
6th Rate Ship
, Captain, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1714
6.18022.1803
Isis (50) 1774-1810
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1714
5.18037.1803
Dreadnought (98) 1801-1857
British 98 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1793
8.18031804
Castor (32) 1785-1819
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1714
3.18059.1805
Iris (32) 1783-1833
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
1809 Renamed "Solebay"
, Captain, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1714
9.18053.1810
Virginie (38) 1796-1827
British 38 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1793
19.5.1808 Capture of the Gelderland 
10.18101811
Saint Albans (64) 1764-1814
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1714
10.18111815
Berwick (74) 1809-1821
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1793
4.6.1815 Appointed Companion of the Order of the BathWWNH
6.181610.1816
Impregnable (98) 1810-1906
British 98 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1793
27.8.1816 Bombardment of Algiers 
8.18211822
Ramillies (74) 1785-1850
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1714
22.7.1830 Rear-Admiral of the WhiteNL1834
6.10.1834 Appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the BathTKE1
28.6.1838 Vice-AdmiralWWNH
184126.12.1843Appointed Commander-in-Chief — The NoreWWNH
10.12.184112.1843
Camperdown (106) 1820-1906
British 106 Gun
1st Rate Ship of the Line
1825 Renamed "Camperdown"
1882 Renamed "Pitt"
, as Flag Officer, Vice-Admiral, 		W025
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