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El Diligente (20) 1740-1755
Spanish 20 Gun
Privateer Packet
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Tomas VarelaSpanish
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Service 1749-1750
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Sir William Legge George Hoste (2^nd Baronet Hoste, of the Navy)British
Naval Sailor
Service 1830-1866
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Henry Negus BurroughesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1845
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Thomas Edward HosteBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1810-1828
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Sir William Hoste (1^st Baronet Hoste, of the Navy)British
Naval Sailor
Service 1798-1824
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Veteran (64) 1787-1816
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
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Thomas ClarkBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1794
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Charles InglisBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1792
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Charles InglisBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1814
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John Crofts

NationalityBritish
RolesNaval Sailor
First Known Service1673CSORN
Last Known Service10.1690CSORN

Date from	Date to	Event	Source
1673		Lieutenant	CSORN
bef.21.5.1677		Kingfisher (46) 1676-1698 British 46 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line , Lieutenant ADM 8/1/84	ADM 8
23.3.1684/85		Commander	CSORN
23.3.1684/85	1687	Deptford (10) 1665-1689 British 10 Gun 6th Rate Ketch , Commander, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1603
25.4.1689	15.11.1689	Saint Paul (32) 1679-1698 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Fireship , Captain, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1603
1690		Berkeley Castle (46) 1689-1695 British 46 Gun Hired Ship , Captain, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1603
7.1690	10.1690	Charles Galley (32) 1676-1693 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate (Galley-Frigate) , Captain, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1603

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