Robert Kirktown (d.1718)

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Robert Kirktown

NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
First Known Service1692CSORN
A.K.A.Kirktowne, Kirton, KirkhamADM 6/3
Last Known Service18.7.1711CSORN
Date of Death9.14.1718CSORN

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
bef.1692 LieutenantADM 106
169212.4.1692
Portland (40) 1652-1692
British 40 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Lieutenant ADM 106/428/170		ADM 106
23.11.1693 CommanderCSORN
23.11.169313.1.1694/95
Roebuck (28) 1690-1701
British 28 Gun
5th Rate Fireship
, Captain, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1603
14.1.1694/95 CaptainADM 6/3
14.1.1694/9514.6.1695
Captain (70) 1678-1708
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/3/8		ADM 6/3
14.6.169523.3.1697/98
Rochester (50) 1693-1714
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/3/62		BWAS-1603
14.2.1700/118.4.1701
Falmouth (54) 1693-1704
British 54 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/6/55		ADM 6/6
19.4.170120.11.1701
Plymouth (52) 1653-1703
British 52 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/6/89		BWAS-1603
21.11.170114.1.1702/3
Plymouth (52) 1653-1703
British 52 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/6/122		ADM 6/6
15.1.1702/315.1.1704/5
Suffolk (70) 1699-1717
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/7/81		BWAS-1714
21.7.170423.7.1704Capture of Gibraltar 
13.8.1704 Battle of Malaga 
16.1.1704/531.5.1705
Ipswich (70) 1694-1727
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/8/136		BWAS-1714
27.8.17052.8.1706
Ipswich (70) 1694-1727
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/8/191		ADM 6/8
3.8.170610.2.1706/7
Bedford (70) 1698-1736
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/9/23
Confirmed 8.11.1706		ADM 6/9
5.170715.8.1708
Defiance (64) 1707-1716
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer		BWAS-1603
16.8.170821.4.1710
Burford (70) 1699-1719
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/10/63
Confirmed 23.5.1709		BWAS-1714
27.1.1710/1118.7.1711
Triumph (90) 1698-1750
British 90 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
1714 Renamed "Prince"
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/11/99		ADM 6/11
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