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El Diligente (20)
1740-1755
Spanish 20 Gun
Privateer
Packet
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Tomas Varela
Spanish
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Service 1749-1750
Added
Sir William Legge George Hoste (2
nd
Baronet Hoste, of the Navy)
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1830-1866
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Henry Negus Burroughes
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1845
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Thomas Edward Hoste
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1810-1828
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Sir William Hoste (1
st
Baronet Hoste, of the Navy)
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1798-1824
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Veteran (64)
1787-1816
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate
Ship of the Line
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Thomas Clark
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1794
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Charles Inglis
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1792
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Charles Inglis
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1814
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Ganges (74)
1782-1816
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate
Ship of the Line
(1782)
Henry Wickham
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1685-1693
Thomas Camelford
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1797-1799
John Clarke Searle
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1780-1811
Gunboat No. 7 (14)
1797-1802
British 14 Gun
Unrated
Gunboat
1797 Renamed "Sparkler"
(1797)
Swinger (12)
1794-1802
British 12 Gun
Unrated
Gun-brig
(1794)
Gunboat No. 23 (12)
1797-1802
British 12 Gun
Unrated
Gunboat
1797 Renamed "Furious"
(1797)
Thomas Hopper
British
Marine
Service 1794-1802
Robert Winthrop
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1807
Sir John Lawford
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1777-1832
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Norfolk
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Great Britain
Associated Locations
Burnham Thorpe
- Village
Cley
- Port
Cockthorpe
- Village
Great Yarmouth
- Port
+ 
King's Lynn
- Port
→ 1204-1537 Bishop's Lynn
Bottomley’s Yard
- Private Shipyard
Lauker and Spong’s Yard
- Private Shipyard
Norwich
- City
Salthouse
- Village
Thetford
- Town
Offices associated with Norfolk and related locations
Impress Service Norwich
Impress Service Great Yarmouth
Impress Service King's Lynn
Member of Parliament Norwich
Member of Parliament Great Yarmouth
Member of Parliament Thetford
Vice-Admiral of the Coast Norfolk
Events at Norfolk
1703
Birth of
William Clement Bladwell
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1718-1777
1713
Birth of
Joseph Gage
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1742-1748
1732/03/01
Birth of
James Case
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1754-1777
1747/03/13
Birth of
John Child Purvis
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1760-1819
1767/12/11
Birth of
Sir Robert Seppings
British
Designer
Ship Builder
Service 1809-1832
1770/10/01
Birth of
John Milligan Seppings
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1793
1772/07
Birth of
William Cady Fromow
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1799-1806
1780/08/26
Birth of
Sir William Hoste (1
st
Baronet Hoste, of the Navy)
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1798-1824
1780/08/26
Birth of
Thomas Edward Hoste
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1810-1828
1784/02/10
Death of
William Brograve
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1743-1762
c.1785
Birth of
Henry Waller
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1805
1795/06
Birth of
Richard Buxton
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1808-1829
1795/07/16
Death of
James Case
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1754-1777
1830/12/16
Death of
Sir William Bolton
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1795-1815
1843/02/14
Death of
Robert Ward
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1780-1784
1843/07/04
Death of
Thomas Withers
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1797-1809
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Sunday 14th of June 2026 06:41
Rob Griffith
British Third Rate ship of the line 'Ganges' (1782) (74)
1782-1816
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate
Ship of the Line
Sunday 14th of June 2026 04:20
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British
Naval Sailor
Service 1685-1693
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Thomas Camelford
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Naval Sailor
Service 1797-1799
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John Clarke Searle
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1780-1811
Sunday 14th of June 2026 04:09
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British gunboat 'Gunboat No. 7' (1797) (14)
1797-1802
British 14 Gun
Unrated
Gunboat
1797 Renamed "Sparkler"