Walter Gwennap (d.1798)

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Walter Gwennap

NationalityBritish
RolesNaval Sailor
First Known Service6.9.1760CSORN
Last Known Service22.11.1790CSORN
Date of Death27.5.1798CSORN
Will Probated13.9.1798, PROB 11/1312/171

Event History

Date from	Date to	Event	Source
6.9.1760		Lieutenant	CSORN
27.1.1766	3.2.1767	Boscawen (4) 1763-1773 British 4 Gun Unrated Cutter , Lieutenant, and Commanding Officer	BWAS-1714
29.4.1782		Commander	CSORN
29.4.1782	27.11.1783	Jersey (20) 1736-1783 British 20 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line , Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/23/150 Issued by Robert DigbyBritish Naval Sailor Service 1752-1805 , North America Confirmed 8.10.1783	BWAS-1714
7.6.1783	20.11.1783	Volcano (8) 1781-1784 British 8 Gun Unrated Fireship , Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/23/153 Issued by Robert DigbyBritish Naval Sailor Service 1752-1805 , North America Confirmed 17.10.1783	ADM 6/23
8.9.1789	16.8.1790	Termagant (18) 1780-1795 British 18 Gun 6th Rate Post Ship , Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/24/1	BWAS-1714
21.9.1790	22.11.1790	Orpheus (32) 1780-1807 British 32 Gun 5th Rate Frigate , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/24/68	ADM 6/24

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 6/23 Archive

ADM 6/24 Archive

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

CSORNDavid Bonner-Smith, Robert L. DiNardo, David Syrett, Web Site

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