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Sir Alexander Berkilay Branch

 
NationalityBritish
Date of Birth1784NBD1849
Place of BirthBarbadosNBD1849
SonJohn Powell BranchNBD1849
SonGeorge Ferguson BranchNBD1849
ShipDate fromDate toEventSource
 1796/03 Entered the NavyNBD1849
Pique 1796/031798/06/30MidshipmanNBD1849
 1796/04/231796/05/02Capture of Demerara, Essequibo and BerbiceNBD1849
 1798/06/29 Capture of the SeineNBD1849
 1798/06/30 Wounded in the head by a splinterNBD1849
Diamond 1798/071802/06MidshipmanNBD1849
Resistance 1802/061803/05/31Masters MateNBD1849
Weazle 1803/081804/03/01Acting LieutenantNBD1849
Lieutenant, 1804/05/08W032
Tigre 1805/071806/11LieutenantNBD1849
Pylades 1806/111811LieutenantNBD1849
 1811 Lost is right leg in an engagment wiht an enemy 12-gun poleacre-shipNBD1849
Gleaner 1811 As Commanding OfficerBWAS-1793
 1811/11 Placed on Half-PayNBD1849
 1812 Married (3 sons, 4 daughters). His wife died 23/11/1842NBD1849
Gleaner 1813/12/021814/04/02As Commanding OfficerBWAS-1793
Commander, 1814/06/06W032
Swinger 1814/06/061815/08As Commanding OfficerBWAS-1793
Helicon 1816/10/041818As Commanding OfficerBWAS-1793
Harlequin 18181819/07/17As Commanding OfficerBWAS-1793
Captain, 1822/12/26NBD1849
Mersey 1827/12/261828As Commanding OfficerBWAS-1793
Appointed Knight of the Royal Guelphic Order, 1836/01/25NBD1849
Appointed Captain of Greenwich Hospital, 1846/08/17NBD1849
Sources
IDDescriptionAuthorType
NBD1849 A Naval Biographical Dictionary 1849O'BrienDigital Book
W032 Commissioned Sea Officers of the Royal NavyDavid Bonner SmithWeb Site
BWAS-1793 British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793 - 1817Rif WinfieldBook
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