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| Date from | Date to | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1717 | Prince Frederick (70)
1714-1736 , Midshipman, British 70 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line 1715 Renamed "Prince Frederick" | 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 ADM 107/3/248 | RNLPC | |
| 5.5.1735 | Lieutenant | CSORN | |
| 8.6.1741 | Commander | CSORN | |
| 8.6.1741 | 17.12.1742 | , Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/16/470 | BWAS-1714 |
| 18.12.1742 | 24.6.1743 | Baltimore (14)
1742-1762 , Commander, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/16/125British 14 Gun Unrated Sloop | ADM 6/16 |
| 25.6.1743 | Captain | CSORN | |
| 25.6.1743 | 14.10.1744 | Greyhound (20)
1741-1768 , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/16/194British 20 Gun 6th Rate Ship | BWAS-1603 |
| 11.12.1744 | 27.1.1744/45 | Torrington (44)
1743-1763 , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/16/401British 44 Gun 5th Rate Ship | ADM 6/16 |
| 28.1.1744/45 | 13.3.1745/46 | Princess Louisa (60)
1744-1766 , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/16/431British 60 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line | BWAS-1714 |
| 14.3.1745/46 | 1.9.1749 | Pearl (44)
1744-1759 , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/72British 44 Gun 5th Rate Ship | BWAS-1714 |
| 16.10.1755 | 22.5.1759 | Royal Sovereign (104)
1729-1768 , Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/202British 104 Gun 1st Rate Ship of the Line | 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)
1757-1815 , as Flag Officer, Commodore, ADM 6/19/67British 50 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line | BWAS-1714 |
| 16.6.1760 | Appointed Commander-in-Chief — Thames, Medway and The Nore ADM 6/19/174 | ADM 6/19 | |
| 22.7.1761 | 5.3.1774 | Appointed Lieutenant-governor of Greenwich Hospital ADM 73/36/149 | ADM 73/36 |