Richard Brown (d.1803)

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Richard Brown

NationalityBritish
RolesNaval Sailor
First Known Service9.1.1783CSORN
A.K.A.BrownePROB11
Last Known Service1801CSORN
Date of Death1803CSORN
Will Probated25.2.1803, PROB 11/1386/325

Event History

Date from	Date to	Event	Source
9.1.1783		Lieutenant	CSORN
13.8.1790	20.2.1793	Meleager (32) 1785-1801 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , Second Lieutenant ADM 6/24/60	ADM 6/24
19.10.1790	20.1.1793	Leviathan (74) 1790-1848 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Third Lieutenant ADM 6/24/79	ADM 6/24
18.7.1796		Commander	CSORN
18.7.1796	22.9.1797	Beaver (14) 1795-1808 British 14 Gun Unrated Sloop , Commander, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1793
8.1797	1801	Caton (64) 1782-1815 British 64 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Lieutenant, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1714
22.9.1797		Captain	CSORN
1.1798	6.1799	Prince of Wales (98) 1794-1822 British 98 Gun 2nd Rate Ship of the Line , Captain, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1793
1800	1801	Royal Sovereign (100) 1786-1841 British 100 Gun 1st Rate Ship of the Line 1825 Renamed "Captain" , Captain, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1714

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 6/24 Archive

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

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

PROB11 Archive

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