Samuel Peter Forster (d.1840)

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Samuel Peter Forster

NationalityBritish
RolesNaval Sailor
First Known Service8.10.1793CSORN
Last Known Service9.6.1825CSORN
Date of Death1840

Date from	Date to	Event	Source
8.10.1793		Lieutenant	CSORN
8.10.1793		Argonaut (64) 1782-1831 British 64 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line , Fifth Lieutenant ADM 6/24/272	ADM 6/24
2.1797	17.8.1798	Albacore (16) 1793-1802 British 16 Gun Unrated Sloop , Commander, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1793
4.7.1797		Commander	CSORN
30.6.1798	17.8.1798	Abergavenny (54) 1795-1807 British 54 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line , Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 51/1294	NA-ROA
17.8.1798		Captain	CSORN
17.8.1798	28.2.1799	Abergavenny (54) 1795-1807 British 54 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 51/1294	NA-ROA
9.1800	1801	Retribution (32) 1799-1805 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate 1800 Renamed "Retribution" , Captain, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1714
9.6.1825		Superannuated Rear-Admiral	NL1835-3

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