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Examples of Commissioned Officers’ Surveys

Source: PRO: ADM 9/12 - Captains, Commanders and Lieutenants 1817

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Lieutenant Frederick Franks

Several Bearings, or Ranks	Names of the feveral Ships	Names of the feveral Admirals, Captains, and Commanders	Stations on which the Ship was chiefly employed	Date of Entry	Date of Difcharge
Vol 1^st Class	Amethyst	Captn J.W. Spranger	North Sea Cork Western Islands	5^th Feby 1805	11^th July 1806
Vol 1^st Class	Warrior	Captn J.W. Spranger	Channel Mediterranean Cadiz Plymouth	12^th July 1806	11 July 1807
Midshipman	Warrior			12^th July 1807	16^th April 1811
Midshipman	Barham	Captn I.N. Spranger	North Sea Plymouth Western Islands Portsmouth	7^th April 1812	28^th Sept 1813
Lieutenant	For rank			29 Sept 1813
Lieutenant	Liverpool	Captn A. Farquhar	North America Brazils Cape of Good Hope Mauritius Sheernefs	20^th June 1814 App 20 July 1814	30^th April 1816

As in other records, entries in red show action taken, in this case an appointment made.

Source: PRO: ADM 9/40 - Flag Officers, Captains, Commanders, Lieutenants and Mates 1846

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Number 2211

Lieutenant James Kerr

Active Service				On what Station chiefly employed
Several Bearings and Ranks	Names of the several Ships	Date of Entry	Date of Discharge	On what Station chiefly employed
Volunteer 1^st Cl	Theseus	25 April 1806	April 1807	Cape of Good Hope
	Ganges	April 1807	October 1807	Copenhagen
Midshipman	Pompey	6 October 1807	March 1808	Baltic
	Victory	March 1808	August 1810	Do
	Tartar*	Aug 1810	Lost in the Baltic 1811	Do
	Namur	Dec 1811	May 1812	Nore
	Victory	June 1812	8 Sept 1812	Baltic
Lieutenant	Plover	8 Sept 1812	Dec 1812	Portsmouth
	Scarborough	13 Jan 1813	13 May 1813	North Sea
	Achille	14 May 1813	Septr 1815	Chatham
SUMMARY Of the Length and Nature of the Services Performed in the several Ranks, Stating also the nature of any Wound or Hurt received, and if in the receipt of a Pension.
Six Years and five months as a Volunteer 1^st Class and as a Midshipman in the Ships and on the Stations mentioned. Three months as Lieutenant in a Sloop at Quebec and two years and eight months in Flag ships in the North Sea - in Brazil and at Chatham

* TARTAR, 5^th Rate, 32 guns, shown in the Navy List as ‘stuck on a sand & wrecked’

Other information in this example:-

Date of Passing for Lieutenant: ‘Passed at Sheerness 6 May 1812’

Age on the 1^st Jan 1846: ‘54 Years’

Address: ‘Edinburgh Hope Cottage, Newington’

Number 2272

Commander Henry James Lacon

Active Service				On what Station chiefly employed
Several Bearings and Ranks	Names of the several Ships	Date of Entry	Date of Discharge	On what Station chiefly employed
Volunteer	College Portsmouth	4^th Nov 1823	24^th June 1825
	Doris	13 July 1825	13 July 1829	South America
Midshipman				South America
	Childers	14 July 1829	2 Jan 1830	Home station
Mate	North Star	3 Jan 1830	8^th Dec 1830	West Indies
	Firefly	9^th Dec 1830	30^th Jan 1831	Do
	Shannon	31^st Jan 1831	21^st Dec 1831	Do
	Conway	11^th Apr 1832	8^th June 1833	West Indies and Home station
	Vestal	9^th June 1833	22 July 1834	West Indies and Home station
	Portland	21 Sep 1834	22 April 1835	Mediterranean
Lieutenant	Castor	Sept 1835	Jan 1837	Coast of Spain
	North Star	Jan 1837	Oct 1840	Coast of Spain
	Cornwallis	5^th April 1841	22^nd Jan 1842	China
	Blonde	22^nd Jan 1842	March 1843	China
SUMMARY Of the Length and Nature of the Services Performed in the several Ranks, Stating also the nature of any Wound or Hurt received, and if in the receipt of a Pension.
Four years and a half as Midshipman + Volunteer. Three years + four months as Mate. Four of which were ????? on the South America Station Three years on West Indies Station. Two years & half on Home and Mediterranean Station. Five years as lieutenant of frigate on the Coast of Spain + Senior lieutenant of Frigate for two years. Two years on China Station of which fourteen months First Lieutenant of Frigate. Received ?ligament abrasion? Left side from + fall whilst on duty at Dockyard at ?Chusin? China

Other information in this example:-

Date of Passing for Lieutenant: ‘29 Nov 1829’

Age on the 1^st Jan 1846: ‘35’

Address: ‘Eyarth, Burthis, Denbigh’

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