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Robert Faulknor

NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
Date of Birth1763 - NorthamptonODNB
First Known Service1774ODNB
Father
Robert FaulknorBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1731-1783
ODNB
MotherElizabethODNB
Uncle
Jonathon FaulknorBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1813
ODNB
Grandfather
Samuel FaulknorBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1729-1745
ODNB
Cousin
Jonathon FaulknorBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1770-1808
ODNB
Last Known Service5.1794CSORN
Date of Death6.1.1795CSORN
Cause of DeathEnemy actionCSORN
Burial7.1.1795 - Isles des SaintesCSORN

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
1774 Entered the Royal Naval CollegeODNB
21.1.17743.1777
Royal Naval Academy (Unarmed) 1733-1837
British Unarmed Gun
Shore Unknown
1806 Renamed "Royal Navy College"
, Scholar ADM 6/21/10		ADM 6/21
3.17771778
Isis (50) 1774-1810
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Midshipman		ODNB
177812.1780
Lion (64) 1777-1837
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Midshipman		RNLPC
14.12.177815.12.1778Battle of St. Lucia 
6.7.1779 Battle of Grenada 
1780 Passed the Lieutenant's Examination ADM 6/88/94RNLPC
20.3.1780 1st Action off Monti Christi 
20.6.1780 Action off Monti Christi 
20.12.1780 LieutenantCSORN
2.4.17826.5.1782
Britannia (100) 1762-1825
British 100 Gun
1st Rate Ship of the Line
1812 Renamed "Princess Royal"
1812 Renamed "Saint George"
1819 Renamed "Barfleur"
, Sixth Lieutenant ADM 6/22/440		ODNB
6.5.178213.8.1782
Britannia (100) 1762-1825
British 100 Gun
1st Rate Ship of the Line
1812 Renamed "Princess Royal"
1812 Renamed "Saint George"
1819 Renamed "Barfleur"
, Fifth Lieutenant ADM 6/22/463		ODNB
13.8.178213.3.1783
Britannia (100) 1762-1825
British 100 Gun
1st Rate Ship of the Line
1812 Renamed "Princess Royal"
1812 Renamed "Saint George"
1819 Renamed "Barfleur"
, Fourth Lieutenant ADM 6/22/503		ODNB
20.10.1782 Battle of Cape Spartel 
17.4.178318.12.1783
Merlin (18) 1780-1795
British 18 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Lieutenant ADM 6/23/52		ADM 6/23
5.179020.11.1790
Impregnable (98) 1786-1799
British 98 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, Lieutenant		ODNB
22.11.1790 CommanderCSORN
22.11.179025.3.1791
Kingfisher (18) 1782-1798
British 18 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/24/89		ADM 6/24
26.3.179125.12.1792
Pluto (8) 1782-1817
British 8 Gun
Unrated Fireship
, Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/24/112		BWAS-1714
12.6.17933.1794
Zebra (16) 1780-1812
British 16 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Commander, and Commanding Officer: On board from 16.6.1793 ADM 6/24/245		BWAS-1714
3.179419.3.1794
Rose (28) 1783-1794
British 28 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
, Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/24/245		BWAS-1714
20.3.1794 CaptainADM 6/25
20.3.17945.1794
Undaunted (28) 1794-1795
British 28 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/25/87
Confirmed 20.9.1794		ADM 6/25
5.17946.1.1795
Blanche (32) 1786-1799
British 32 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1793
6.1.1795 Blanche vs Pique 
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