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John Styles
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1794
Update
Thomas Elkington
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1794
Update
Aurora (28)
1777-1814
British 28 Gun
6th Rate
Frigate
Update
John Milligan Seppings
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1794
Update
John Skinner
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1782-1794
Added
Princess Royal (6)
1794-1794
British 6 Gun
Merchant
Packet
Update
Edward Browne
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1794
Update
Polyphemus (64)
1782-1827
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate
Ship of the Line
Update
William Shippard
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1794
Update
Robert Passmore
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1794-1798
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Recent Comments
Redbridge (14)
1798-1803
British 14 Gun
Unrated
Schooner
(1798)
Brunswick (Unknown)
1792-1805
British Unknown Gun
Merchant
East Indiaman
(1792)
Snake (18)
1797-1816
British 18 Gun
Unrated
Sloop
(1797)
Melpomene (38)
1794-1815
British 38 Gun
5th Rate
Frigate
(1794)
Raisonable (64)
1768-1815
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate
Ship of the Line
(1768)
Ambuscade (32)
1773-1798
British 32 Gun
5th Rate
Frigate
(1773)
Robert Baylis
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1795
La Cantabré (14)
1798-1798
French 14 Gun
Privateer
Brig
(1798)
Cambrian (40)
1797-1828
British 40 Gun
5th Rate
Frigate
(1797)
Kingfisher (18)
1782-1798
British 18 Gun
Unrated
Sloop
(1782)
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Sheerness
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:
Port
Location(s)
:
Kent -
England
Associated Locations
Sheerness Dockyard
- Naval Dockyard
Offices associated with Sheerness and related locations
Assistant Sheerness Dockyard
Assistant Master Shipwright Sheerness Dockyard
Boatswain of the Dockyard Sheerness Dockyard
Boy Sheerness Dockyard
Bricklayer Sheerness Dockyard
Cabin Keeper Sheerness Dockyard
Caulker Sheerness Dockyard
Clerk Sheerness Dockyard
Clerk Sheerness
Clerk of the Cheque Sheerness Dockyard
Clerk of the Survey Sheerness Dockyard
Commander of the Ordinary Sheerness
Commander-in-Chief Sheerness
Converter Sheerness Dockyard
Foreman Sheerness Dockyard
Foreman Sheerness
Foreman of the Yard Sheerness Dockyard
House Carpenter Sheerness Dockyard
House Carpenter Sheerness
Instructor Sheerness Dockyard
Joiner Sheerness Dockyard
Labourer Sheerness Dockyard
Leading Man Sheerness Dockyard
Master Attendant Sheerness Dockyard
Master Boat Builder Sheerness Dockyard
Master Bricklayer Sheerness Dockyard
Master Caulker Sheerness Dockyard
Master House Carpenter Sheerness Dockyard
Master Joiner Sheerness Dockyard
Master Mastmaker Sheerness Dockyard
Master Measurer Sheerness Dockyard
Master Sailmaker Sheerness Dockyard
Master Shipwright Sheerness Dockyard
Master Smith Sheerness Dockyard
Measurer Sheerness Dockyard
Minister Sheerness Dockyard
Porter Sheerness Dockyard
Quarterman Sheerness Dockyard
Resident Commissioner Sheerness Dockyard
Resident Commissioner Sheerness
Rigger Sheerness Dockyard
Servant Sheerness Dockyard
Shipwright Sheerness Dockyard
Smith Sheerness Dockyard
Storekeeper Sheerness Dockyard
Superintendant of the Dockyard Sheerness Dockyard
Superintendent Sheerness Dockyard
Surgeon of the Ordinary Sheerness Dockyard
Surgeon of the Yard Sheerness Dockyard
Events at Sheerness
1694/12/22
Launched
Queenborough (24)
1694-1719
British 24 Gun
6th Rate
Ship
B028
1696/06/07
Launched
Rye (32)
1696-1727
British 32 Gun
5th Rate
Frigate
B028
1697/03/29
Launched
Lizard (24)
1697-1714
British 24 Gun
6th Rate
Ship
B028
1700/09/21
Launched
Peregrine Galley (20)
1700-1733
British 20 Gun
6th Rate
Yacht
1716 Renamed "Carolina"
B028
1704/03/24
Launched
Newcastle (50)
1704-1728
British 50 Gun
4th Rate
Ship of the Line
B028
1709/06/16
Launched
Adventure (42)
1709-1724
British 42 Gun
5th Rate
Frigate
B028
1715/04/08
Launched
Lynn (42)
1715-1732
British 42 Gun
5th Rate
Frigate
B028
1718
Launched
Queenborough (6)
1718-1777
British 6 Gun
Unrated
Yacht
BWAS-1714
1740/10/27
Launched
Rupert (60)
1740-1767
British 60 Gun
4th Rate
Ship of the Line
BWAS-1714
1745/08/17
Launched
Nottingham (60)
1745-1773
British 60 Gun
4th Rate
Ship of the Line
BWAS-1714
1757/09/15
Launched
Montagu (60)
1757-1774
British 60 Gun
4th Rate
Ship of the Line
BWAS-1714
1798/11
Death of
William Brown
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1793
1805/02/05
Death of
Thomas M'Crannels
British
Soldier
Service 1805
1826/05/02
Launched
Daedalus (46)
1826-1911
British 46 Gun
5th Rate
Frigate
BWAS-1817
1830/09/30
Launched
Magpie (4)
1830-1908
British 4 Gun
Unrated
Cutter
1833/12
Launched
Royal Adelaide (Unknown)
1833-1877
British Unknown Gun
Unrated
Yacht
BWAS-1817
1834/08/05
Death of
Sir Richard King (2
nd
Baronet of Bellevue)
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1780-1830
NAO
1836/04/05
Launched
Bonetta (3)
1836-1861
British 3 Gun
Unrated
Brigantine
1836/06/14
Launched
Dolphin (3)
1836-1894
British 3 Gun
Unrated
Brigantine
1836/10/27
Launched
Gipsy (Unknown)
1836-1892
British Unknown Gun
Unrated
Schooner
1847
Launched
Dart (3)
1847-1875
British 3 Gun
Unrated
Brigantine
Sources
ID
Name
Author
Type
B028
Ships of the Royal Navy - Volume I
J. J. Colledge
,
Book
BWAS-1714
British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714-1792
Rif Winfield
,
Book
BWAS-1817
British Warships in the Age of Sail 1817-1863
Rif Winfield
,
Book
NAO
The National Archive - Trafalgar Ancestors
Various
,
Web Site
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Monday 15th of June 2026 13:51
Jon Miller
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1798-1803
British 14 Gun
Unrated
Schooner
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British Merchant east indiaman 'Brunswick' (1792) (Unknown)
1792-1805
British Unknown Gun
Merchant
East Indiaman
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1797-1816
British 18 Gun
Unrated
Sloop
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British Fifth Rate frigate 'Melpomene' (1794) (38)
1794-1815
British 38 Gun
5th Rate
Frigate
Monday 15th of June 2026 13:38
Jon Miller
British Third Rate ship of the line 'Raisonable' (1768) (64)
1768-1815
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate
Ship of the Line