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Charles Stevens

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Officer of the British Navy

Charles Stevens

 

Personal Details

Date of Birth
Place of Birth
Father's Name
Mother's Name
Date of Death17 May 1761

 

Naval Service Details

Midshipman

DateShipNotes

 

Lieutenant

DateShipNotes
1737FalmouthSailed for Jamaica. During the voyage he confined his captain for improper behaviourB051

 

Captain

DateShipNotes
11 January 1742Ludlow CastleOn the Jamaica stationB051
1742Ludlow CastleHad a fleet of Merchantmen under convoyB051
8 October 1742Ludlow CastleEncounteded a gale which forced the ship to put back Antigua for repairsB051
1742Ludlow CastleReturned to EnglandB051
September 1744PortlandEmployed as a cruiserB051
9 February 1746PortlandTook the Auguste a French man of war mounting 50 guns, which he towed into PlymouthB051
June 1745Sat on the Courts Martial of Captain Green of the LizardB051
31 January 1747PortlandIn company with eth Nottingham took a French 74B051
14 October 1747PortlandIn Hawke's action against Commodore de L'EtenduereB051
January 1748PortlandReappointed as captainB051
July 1749TygerWas captainB051
July 1749Sat on the courts martial of captain Obrien Dudley of the ChesterfieldB051
LitchfieldB051
1755OrfordCaptured he Esperance (74)B051
10 March 1757ElizabethSailed for the East Indies as commodore of the reinforcementsB057
20 January 1758ElizabethSailed form BombayB040
24 March 1758ElizabethArrived in MadrasB040
17 APril 1758ElizabethLeft Madras as part of Pocock's squadronB051
29 April 1758ElizabethEngaged at the Battle of CuddaloreB051

 

Rear-Admiral of the Blue

DateShipNotes
1758ElizabethAppointed, but did not gain knowledge of his commission until the end of the yearB051
3 August 1758ElizabethWounded in the shoulder at the Battle of NegapatamB051

 

Rear-Admiral of the Red

DateShipNotes
1759GraftonAppointed and moved his flagB051
10 September 1759GraftonEngaged at the Battle of PondicherryB051
1760GraftonSucceeded George Pocock as Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies in the SpringB051
1760GraftonBlockading PondicherryB051
23 October 1760GraftonSailed for a refit, leaving a squadron of five ships on blockade dutyB051
25 Decmember 1760GraftonReturned to PondicherryB051
1 January 1760NorfolkA gale seperated the squadron, some ships were lostB051
4 January 1760NorfolkThe blockade was resumedB051
15 January 1760NorfolkPondicherry surrenderedB051
17 May 1761Died in IndiaB051

 

Other Details

 

Actions & Battles

DateSource
29 April 1758Battle of Cuddalore
3 August 1758Battle of Negapatam
10 September 1759Battle of Pondicherry

 

Notes

 

Sources

B040The Royal Navy - Vol IIIWilliam Laird Clowes
B051Biographia Navalis - Vol VJohn Charnock

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