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George Dawson


NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
Date of Birthc.1739ADM 107/5
First Known Service22.6.1755CSORN
Last Known Service20.11.1788CSORN

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
1.7.1761 Passed the Lieutenant's Examination ADM 107/5/374RNLPC
9.8.1762 LieutenantCSORN
31.3.176814.12.1775
Hope (6) 1764-1778
British 6 Gun
Unrated Schooner
, Lieutenant, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1714
13.5.1776 CommanderCSORN
13.5.177616.5.1776
Hope (14) 1775-1779
British 14 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Lieutenant, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/21/345
Issued by
Molyneaux ShuldhamBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1732-1793
, North America
Confirmed 13.12.1777
BWAS-1714
19.6.17779.9.1777
Renown (50) 1774-1794
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship
, Acting Captain, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1714
9.9.1777 CaptainCSORN
9.9.17776.12.1780
Renown (50) 1774-1794
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/22/52
Issued by
Lord Richard Howe (4th Viscount Howe)British
Naval Sailor
Marine
Service 1736-1799
, North America
Confirmed 23.11.1779
BWAS-1714
13.8.1778 Renown vs Languedoc 
1.8.178011.9.1781
Iris (32) 1777-1781
British 32 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/22/452
Issued by
Marriot ArbuthnotBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1726-1793
, North America
Confirmed 17.4.1782
BWAS-1714
16.3.1781 Battle of Cape Henry 
11.9.1781 Commander-in-Chief at the Capture of HMS Iris and HMS Richmond 
11.9.1781 Capture of HMS Iris and HMS Richmond 
26.8.178519.9.1786
Phaeton (38) 1782-1828
British 38 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/23/296
ADM 6/23
20.9.178620.11.1788
Phaeton (38) 1782-1828
British 38 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/23/356
BWAS-1714
20.11.1788 Dismissed from the Navy for ‘tyranny, oppression, malversation, suttling and such like’,ADM 12/27
1796 Sort restoration of his rank, but was refused.ref:676

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