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George Langford


NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
First Known Service16.12.1797CSORN
Last Known Service1817CSORN
Date of Death5.10.1832ref:946

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Date fromDate toEventSource
16.12.1797 LieutenantCSORN
27.4.1801 CommanderCSORN
2.18075.3.1808
Sappho (16) 1806-1830
British 16 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Commander, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1793
3.3.1808 Sappho vs Admiral Jawl 
5.3.1808 CaptainCSORN
5.18141817
Alpheus (36) 1814-1817
British 36 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer
BWAS-1793

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Posted by Penelope Shorne on Monday 20th of November 2023 04:49

(The United Service Magazine" 1832, page 431):
DEATHS.
October 5th. Capt. George Langford, R.N. aged 52. This officer was promoted to the rank of [Post] Captain in March, 1808, while commanding the Sappho, for capturing a Danish ship of war, of superior force, called the Admiral Yarol. He served nearly the whole of his time as Midshipman and Lieutenant, in the fleet under the command of the immortal Nelson; and was present in the boats, commanded by Sir Thomas Hardy (then a Lieutenant), at the cutting out of the Mutine, from the harbour of Santa Cruz, and at the battles of St. Vincent, the Nile, landing in Egypt, and capture of the Guillaume Tell, and in many minor conflicts in boats, &c. during the active period of warfare in the Mediterranean, from 1797 to 1800. The last ship Capt. Langford commanded was the Alpheus frigate, on the East India station, and which was paid off in 1816.


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