William Saltern Willett (d.1769)

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William Saltern Willett

NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
First Known Service23.7.1741FWIKI
Last Known Service3.1.1770FWIKI
Date of Death8.12.1769FWIKI

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
23.7.1741 Lieutenant ADM 6/15/446CSORN
22.9.174414.3.1744/45
Oxford (50) 1727-1758
British 50 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Third Lt. & Lt. at Arms ADM 6/16/425		ADM 6/16
14.12.174417.12.1745
John and Anne (16) 1744-1747
British 16 Gun
Hired Armed Vessel
, Lieutenant and Commanding Officer		ADM 106
27.12.1745 Commander ADM 6/17/35ADM 6/17
27.12.17453.8.1747
Kingfisher (10) 1745-1763
British 10 Gun
Unrated Sloop
, Commander and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/35		BWAS-1714
1.10.1747 Captain ADM 6/17/271ref:664
1.10.174716.9.1748
Queenborough (24) 1747-1761
British 24 Gun
6th Rate Ship
, Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/271		ADM 6/17
16.9.174817.10.1753
Garland (24) 1748-1783
British 24 Gun
6th Rate Ship
, Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/17/384		BWAS-1714
17.10.175319.5.1756
Augusta (60) 1736-1765
British 60 Gun
4th Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/81		BWAS-1714
31.5.17568.5.1761
Chichester (68) 1753-1803
British 68 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/18/273		BWAS-1714
5.6.175812.6.1758Raid on Saint-Malo 
20.11.1759 Battle of Quiberon Bay 
29.3.176111.6.1761Expedition against Belle-Isle 
10.5.17615.5.1763
Warspite (74) 1758-1801
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
1780 Renamed "Arundel"
, Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/19/313		BWAS-1714
19.11.176419.11.1767
Ramillies (74) 1763-1782
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/60		BWAS-1714
28.11.1766 Appointed Commander-in-Chief — River Medway and The Nore ADM 6/20/146ADM 6/20
15.11.17693.1.1770
Yarmouth (64) 1745-1811
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Commodore and Commanding Officer ADM 6/20/260		ADM 6/20
16.11.1769 Appointed Commander-in-Chief — River Medway and The Nore ADM 6/20/261ADM 6/20
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