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Cotton Dent

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Officer of the British Navy

Cotton Dent

 

Personal Details

Date of Birth
Place of Birth
Father's Name
Mother's Name
ChildDigby Dent
Date of Death28 January 1761

 

Naval Service Details

Midshipman

DateShipNotes

 

Lieutenant

DateShipNotes

 

Commander

DateShipNotes
1744Commander of a sloop of war on the Jamaica stationB051
1744Captured on board a packet vessel by a French privateerB051

 

Captain

DateShipNotes
23 January 1745KenningtonPromoted and appointed in EnglandB051
May 1750CullodenGuardship at ChathamB051
1753Retired from the service and appointed one of the captains at Greenwich HospitalB051

 

Other Details

 

Actions & Battles

DateSource

 

Notes

 

Sources

B051Biographia NavalisJohn Charnock

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