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| Date from | Date to | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1717 | Prince Frederick (70), Midshipman | ODNB | |
| 25.6.1727 | Homeward-bound from the West Indies, the ship was lost by fire in mid-Atlantic. Boys and twenty-two others escaped in a sixteen-foot open boat without food or water. After thirteen days six of them had survived to reach Newfoundland by living on the bodies of their dead shipmates. | ODNB | |
| 8.5.1734 | Passed the Lieutenant's Examination | RNLPC | |
| 5.5.1735 | Lieutenant ADM 6/14/211 | CSORN | |
| 8.6.1741 | Commander ADM 6/15/470 | CSORN | |
| 8.6.1741 | 17.12.1742 | Aetna (8), Commander and Commanding Officer ADM 6/16/470 | BWAS-1714 |
| 18.12.1742 | 24.6.1743 | Baltimore (14), Commander and Commanding Officer ADM 6/16/125 | ADM 6/16 |
| 25.6.1743 | Captain ADM 6/16/194 | CSORN | |
| 25.6.1743 | 14.10.1744 | Greyhound (20), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/16/194 | BWAS-1603 |
| 11.12.1744 | 27.1.1744/45 | Torrington (44), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/16/401 | ADM 6/16 |
| 28.1.1744/45 | 13.3.1745/46 | Princess Louisa (60), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/16/431 | BWAS-1714 |
| 14.3.1745/46 | 1.9.1749 | Pearl (44), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/72 | BWAS-1714 |
| 16.10.1755 | 22.5.1759 | Royal Sovereign (104), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/202 | BWAS-1714 |
| 16.3.1759 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — Thames, Medway and The Nore ADM 6/19/47 | ADM 6/19 | |
| 22.5.1759 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — The Downs ADM 6/19/67 | ADM 6/19 | |
| 22.5.1759 | 4.7.1761 | Preston (50), as Flag Officer, Commodore ADM 6/19/67 | BWAS-1714 |
| 16.6.1760 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — Thames, Medway and The Nore ADM 6/19/174 | ADM 6/19 | |
| 4.7.1761 | 4.3.1774 | Appointed Lieutenant-governor of Greenwich Hospital | ODNB |