Stephen Elliott

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Stephen Elliott

NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
First Known Service14.1.1694/95CSORN
Last Known Service10.2.1702/3CSORN

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
14.1.1694/95 Captain ADM 6/3/8CSORN
14.1.1694/958.7.1695Maidstone (24), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/3/8ADM 6/3
9.7.16951.9.1695Lyme (32), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/3/70ADM 6/3
2.9.16951.11.1696Charles Galley (36), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/3/74BWAS-1603
2.11.169615.1.1696/97Lichfield (54), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/4/42ADM 6/4
16.1.1696/971698Bristol (50), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/4/62BWAS-1603
26.2.1700/112.3.1700/1Greenwich (54), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/6/62ADM 6/6
13.3.1700/114.3.1700/1Scarborough (32), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/6/73BWAS-1714
15.3.1700/11703Gosport (32), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/6/74ADM 6/6

Notes on Officer


OriginTRN2
Stephen Elliot was originally master of a small trader in the West Indies. He had been given his commission as captain of the Maidstone in January, 1696, as a reward for having escaped from a French prison in San Domingo with valuable information respecting a projected attack on Jamaica in 1695. He consequently never served as a lieutenant.
PromotionBWAS-1603
Promoted to Post Captain having never been a Lieutenant and commissioned as a reward for escaping from a French prison with valuable information
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