Charles Fanshawe (d.1757)

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Charles Fanshawe

NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
First Known Service12.10.1714CSORN
WifeElizabeth Rogersref:676
Son
Robert FanshaweBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1759-1790
ref:676
Last Known Service15.7.1747CSORN
Date of Death15.2.1757CSORN

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
20.6.1720 Passed the Lieutenant's Examination ADM 107/3/84RNLPC
27.9.1720 LieutenantCSORN
22.4.172311.5.1723
Weymouth (50) 1719-1733
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Second Lieutenant ADM 6/13/54		ADM 6/13
1.2.1723/2421.9.1728
Scarborough (20) 1722-1739
British 20 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
, Lieutenant ADM 6/14/64		ADM 6/13
2.4.172924.7.1729
Kingston (60) 1719-1736
British 60 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Second Lieutenant ADM 6/14/20		ADM 6/14
25.7.17298.9.1731
Scarborough (20) 1722-1739
British 20 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
, Lieutenant ADM 6/14/32		ADM 6/14
13.1.1731/32 CommanderADM 6/14
13.1.1731/321.11.1732
Hawk (8) 1721-1739
British 8 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/14/97		BWAS-1714
11.1.1732/33 CaptainCSORN
11.1.1732/332.4.1734
Solebay (6) 1711-1748
British 6 Gun
6th Rate Ship
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/14/133		BWAS-1714
7.5.173430.9.1737
Lyme (20) 1720-1739
British 20 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/15/186		BWAS-1714
6.9.173723.4.1742
Phoenix (20) 1728-1744
British 20 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
1742 Renamed "Phoenix Hulk"
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/15/78		BWAS-1714
4.17405.7.1740Attack on St. Augustine 
15.7.1747 Superannuated Rear-AdmiralADM 6/17
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Posted by Cy on Monday 18th of November 2019 09:57

Charles, you are correct, his first commission, in 1720, was as 3rd lieutenant of the Weymouth. Also please note that the use of HMS as a name prefix for this period is anachronistic.

Posted by Guineith Isaacs on Sunday 17th of November 2019 23:09

Charles Fanshawe was one of the jurors who sat in judgement of the pirates of Bartholomew Robert's fleet in 1722. The two ships that were responsible for capturing Robert's men were the HMS Swallow and the HMS Weymouth, which indicates that Fanshawe was already in service aboard the Weymouth at that time. Commander of the fleet was Chaloner Ogle who would later be knighted for killing Captain Roberts.

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