Edward Keller (d.1750)

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Edward Keller

NationalityBritish
RolesNaval Sailor
First Known Service14.3.1721/22CSORN
Last Known Service3.8.1748CSORN
Date of Death10.9.1750BWAS-1714

Event History

Date from	Date to	Event	Source
8.11.1728		Passed the Lieutenant's Examination ADM 107/3/191	RNLPC
21.8.1741		Lieutenant	CSORN
21.8.1741	3.4.1743	Rye (20) 1740-1744 British 20 Gun 6th Rate Ship , Lieutenant ADM 6/15/445	ADM 6/15
4.4.1743	12.1.1743/44	Princess Royal (90) 1711-1763 British 90 Gun 2nd Rate Ship of the Line 1716 Renamed "Princess" 1728 Renamed "Princess Royal" , Fifth Lieutenant ADM 6/16/165	ADM 6/16
13.1.1743/44	23.1.1743/44	Princess Royal (90) 1711-1763 British 90 Gun 2nd Rate Ship of the Line 1716 Renamed "Princess" 1728 Renamed "Princess Royal" , Fourth Lieutenant ADM 6/16/258	ADM 6/16
24.1.1743/44	19.11.1744	Royal Sovereign (104) 1729-1768 British 104 Gun 1st Rate Ship of the Line , Sixth Lt. & Lt. at Arms ADM 6/16/262	ADM 6/16
20.11.1744		Commander	CSORN
20.11.1744	21.11.1745	Aetna (8) 1739-1746 British 8 Gun Unrated Fireship , Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/16/389	BWAS-1714
1.8.1746	26.1.1746/47	Hornet (10) 1745-1747 British 10 Gun Unrated Sloop , Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/137	BWAS-1714
23.4.1748		Captain	CSORN
23.4.1748	3.8.1748	Flamborough (20) 1727-1749 British 20 Gun 6th Rate Frigate , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 3/17/347	ADM 6/17
3.5.1750	10.9.1750	Mermaid (24) 1749-1760 British 24 Gun 6th Rate Ship , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/517	BWAS-1714

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IDNameAuthorType

ADM 6/15 Archive

ADM 6/16 Archive

ADM 6/17 Archive

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

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

RNLPCBruno Pappalardo, Book

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Posted by Jon Miller on Monday 25th of May 2026 16:55

Forename shown as Henry - possibly in error for Edward

Posted by Jon Miller on Monday 25th of May 2026 16:53

London, 1 June 1751: There is advice from South Carolina of the death of Capt Henry Keller, commander of the Mermaid man of war on that station. [Kentish Post, 5 June 1751]

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