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From: Ted Finch.< >
Subject: [Mariners-L] {not a subscriber} Do you know?
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 12:59:55 +0000

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>I have recently got an ancestor's service record in the RN and was wondering
>if anyone knew anything about any of the ships he served on. They are:
>
>Majestic 1803-1810 as this was during the Napoleonic wars, was it at
>Trafalgar???
>Pricters 1810
>Theseus 1810-1813
>Alert 1813-1815
>Snap 1814-1815
>Romney 1815
>Salisbury 1815-1818
>Racehorse 1818-1822
>Ranger 1822-1825
>Surora 1825-1826
>Britannia 1826
>Winchester 1829-1830
>Rainbow 1834-1838
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>Underneath his name on the right hand side of the page is Barnstaple - is
>this where he was recruited or where he came from or what?
>
>His first position was 'SM' - would that have been Sail Maker? He seemed to
>go from 'Ord J' to AB to Bo Mate back to AB, BoMate, AB, OrdJ, Gn En, never
>seemingly having the same job. Is this normal?
>
>If I have used it, please excuse any non-navy language!
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>Any help would most gratefully be received.
>
>Lesley
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