Samuel Grape (c.1715-1775)

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Samuel Grape

NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
Date of Birthc.1715ADM 107/4
First Known Service8.9.1735CSORN
Last Known Service17.2.1757CSORN
Date of Death1775CSORN

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
8.9.17356.4.1736
Hampton Court (70) 1709-1741
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Volunteer-per-order ADM 107/4/96		ADM 107/4
9.12.17362.6.1739
Squirrel (20) 1727-1749
British 20 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
, Able Seaman ADM 107/4/96		ADM 107/4
3.6.17393.5.1740
Squirrel (20) 1727-1749
British 20 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
, Midshipman ADM 107/4/96		ADM 107/4
4.17405.7.1740Attack on St. Augustine 
4.5.174024.5.1744
Dolphin (20) 1732-1760
British 20 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
1755 Renamed "Firebrand"
1757 Renamed "Penquin"
, Midshipman ADM 107/4/96		ADM 107/4
25.5.17443.10.1746
Berwick (70) 1743-1760
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Midshipman ADM 107/4/96		ADM 107/4
3.10.1746 Passed the Lieutenant's Examination ADM 107/4/96RNLPC
24.10.1746 LieutenantBWAS-1714
24.10.174616.6.1748
Shark (8) 1732-1755
British 8 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Lieutenant ADM 6/17/166		ADM 6/17
28.10.174821.3.1748/49
Viper (14) 1746-1762
British 14 Gun
Unrated Sloop
1755 Renamed "Lightning"
, Lieutenant ADM 6/17/395		ADM 6/17
17.1.175717.2.1757
Yarmouth (64) 1745-1811
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Second Lieutenant ADM 6/18/344		ADM 6/18
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Posted by Cy on Wednesday 13th of November 2024 22:28

Hi Albert.
I've updated his record with the info from my book, as you can now see he was 1st commissioned to the Shark and I have no record of a transfer, but as it was probably a local commission the record may not have survived.

Posted by Albert Parker on Wednesday 13th of November 2024 22:17

Samuel Grape seems to have been the lieutenant of bomb [mortar] vessel /Terror/ in the summer of 1747. (From correspondence of Commodore Matthew Michell, ADM 1/2104, dispatch to Samuel Corbett, 30 July 1747, and enclosure [Michell reported that he had sent "the lieutenant of the Terror" to Bergen op Zoom to observe the progress of the French attack, and enclosed a report by "Samuel Grape"]).

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