John Knowles (d.1801)

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John Knowles

NationalityBritish 
RolesNaval Sailor 
First Known Service19.1.1759CSORN
Last Known Service1.1.1801CSORN
Date of Death14.3.1801CSORN
Will Probated26.3.1801, PROB 11/1355/248

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
19.1.1759 Lieutenant ADM 6/19/57CSORN
29.9.1778 Commander ADM 6/21/546CSORN
29.9.177813.1.1779Sulphur (8), Commander and Commanding Officer ADM 6/21/546
Issued by James Gambier (1723-1789), North America
Confirmed 28.4.1779		ADM 6/21
1.7.1780 Captain ADM 6/22/218CSORN
1.7.178022.6.1781Fowey (24), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/22/218
Issued by Marriot Arbuthnot (1711-1794), North America
Confirmed 29.12.1780		ADM 6/22
22.6.178125.11.1782Rotterdam (50), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/22/303BWAS-1714
25.11.178217.4.1783Diligent (70), Captain and Commanding Officer ADM 6/22/545BWAS-1714
14.2.1799 Rear-Admiral of the BlueCSORN
1.1.1801 Rear-Admiral of the WhiteCSORN
Previous comments on this page

Posted by John Hattendorf on Sunday 3rd of January 2021 18:21

Apologies. My references above to vol 14 of Naval Documents of the American Revolution is an error. It should be to vol. 13 (2019). the page numbers are correct for vol 13.

Posted by John Hattendorf on Sunday 3rd of January 2021 01:43

As an Agent for Transports, Knowles accompanied Sir Peter Parker's expedition from New York to Newport, Rhode Island, in December 1776, See Naval Documents of the American Revolution, vol. 7 (1976), p. 267

Posted by John Hattendorf on Sunday 3rd of January 2021 01:26

As Lieutenant, he was serving as Agent for Transports at Newport, Rhode Island, in August 1778. See Naval Documents of the American Revolution, vol. 14 (2020), pp. 525, 767n, 771n, 776. David Syrett, Shipping in the American War, 1775-83 (1970), p. 40, notes that of the 20 officers who served in this role during the American War, only two--Knowles and John Bourmaster--achieved flag rank.

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