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Thorpe Fowke


NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
First Known Service24.6.1718CSORN
WifeMargaret Simons - Married 2.1751, London ref:719
Last Known Service30.6.1760CSORN
Date of Death14.3.1784CSORN

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
24.6.17181.1.1721
Dover (40) 1718-1730
British 40 Gun
5th Rate Ship of the Line
, Volunteer-per-order, ADM 107/3/150
ADM 107/3
2.1.172121.12.1721
Dover (40) 1718-1730
British 40 Gun
5th Rate Ship of the Line
, Midshipman Ordinary, ADM 107/3/150
ADM 107/3
13.3.172228.10.1724
Leopard (50) 1721-1740
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Midshipman, ADM 107/3/150
ADM 107/3
29.10.172416.3.1725
Bedford (70) 1698-1736
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Midshipman, ADM 107/3/150
ADM 107/3
16.3.1724/25 Passed the Lieutenant's Examination ADM 107/3/150RNLPC
20.9.1730 LieutenantCSORN
20.9.17305.5.1732
Dursley Galley (20) 1719-1745
British 20 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
, Lieutenant, ADM 6/14/96
Confirmed 3.1.1731/32
ADM 6/14
22.8.173218.6.1735
Salamander (6) 1730-1744
British 6 Gun
Unrated Bomb Vessel
, Lieutenant, ADM 6/14/119
ADM 6/14
19.6.173516.2.1735/36
Northumberland (70) 1721-1739
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Second Lieutenant, ADM 6/15/215
ADM 6/14
16.5.17382.12.1738
Princess Amelia (80) 1726-1752
British 80 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1727 Renamed "Princess Amelia"
, Third Lieutenant, ADM 6/15/118
ADM 6/15
12.6.173910.9.1739
Princess Caroline (80) 1731-1764
British 80 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Third Lieutenant, ADM 6/15/185
ADM 6/15
11.9.173920.4.1740
Princess Caroline (80) 1731-1764
British 80 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Second Lieutenant, ADM 6/15/220
ADM 6/15
21.4.174026.9.1740
Princess Caroline (80) 1731-1764
British 80 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, First Lieutenant, ADM 6/15/279
ADM 6/15
27.9.174016.1.1740/41
Lennox (70) 1723-1756
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, First Lieutenant, ADM 6/15/337
ADM 6/15
16.1.1740/4123.5.1742
Saint George (90) 1740-1774
British 90 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
, First Lieutenant, ADM 6/16/370
ADM 6/15
24.5.1742 CaptainCSORN
24.5.17423.10.1742
Gibraltar (20) 1727-1749
British 20 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/16/57
BWAS-1714
4.10.174218.2.1743/44
Seahorse (20) 1727-1748
British 20 Gun
6th Rate Frigate
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/16/370
Confirmed 12.10.1744
BWAS-1714
19.2.1743/4415.9.1744
Kent (70) 1724-1744
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/16/356
Confirmed 27.8.1744
ADM 6/16
7.11.174410.12.1744
Torrington (44) 1743-1763
British 44 Gun
5th Rate Ship
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/16/380
BWAS-1714
2.11.174525.3.1746
Sapphire (44) 1741-1756
British 44 Gun
5th Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/15
ADM 6/17
26.3.17461.8.1748
Superb (60) 1736-1757
British 60 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/78
BWAS-1714
1.8.174822.11.1748
Princess (70) 1740-1784
British 70 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/390
Issued by
The Hon. John ByngBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1718-1757
, The Mediterranean Sea
Confirmed 18.10.1748
ADM 6/17
10.7.17557.2.1757
Tilbury (58) 1745-1757
British 58 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/179
ADM 6/18
15.2.175717.12.1759
Bedford (64) 1741-1787
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1767 Renamed "Bedford Hulk"
, Captain, and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/356
BWAS-1714
8.175710.1757Louisbourg Expedition 
6.6.175827.7.1758The Siege of Louisbourg 
6.17599.1759Seige of Quebec 
30.6.1760 Superannuated Rear-AdmiralADM 6/19


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