Ships Thomas Waters Sr. Served or Sailed On

by Suzanne | February 2, 2021 7:23 pm

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NAME OF SHIP  TYPE OF SHIP  VOYAGE DATES  LOCATION(S)  NOTES/MORE INFO 
HMS Regulus
 		 44-gun fifth rate Roebuck class two-decker converted in 1789 to troopship  May 3, 1804-July 10, 1807  North Sea, off Boulogne & on the Guernsey Station  This image[1] is not of the Regulus itself, but of a “Roebuck class” ship. It would’ve been built to the same specifications. 
HMS Swiftsure  
 74-gun third rate[2] ship of the line[3] of the Royal Navy[4]    Nov 5, 1807 – Jan 10, 1810  North American Station off coast of Bermuda  Famed for being one the “Nelson ships” that fought at Trafalgar. 
More: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Swiftsure_(1804)[5]  Image location: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/H.M._Ship_Swiftsure.jpg[6]   
HMS Maidstone   (no image)  32-gun fifth rate     Jan 8, 1824-Sept 22, 1827  Patrolled coast of Guinea  Prevention of the slave trade (noted in service record). More information on this 4-year tour and more history of the Maidstone here: http://nelsonlambert.blogspot.com/2011/06/africa-hms-maidstone-part-2.html[7] (text below table) Acta Militaria, Blog by Nelson Lambert. Didn’t find any pictures, but there are architect drawings. 
HMS Barham
  		 74-gun third rate[2] ship of the line[3] of the Royal Navy[4] , reduced to 50-gun in 1826   Mar 27, 1831-May 3, 1834  Patrolled Channel & Mediterranean  Presumed prevention of the slave trade 
HMS Howe
 120-gun first rate ship of the line  October 28, 1840 – Jan 12, 1841  Supernumerary to the Coast of Syria  He traveled from England on this ship to get to the Revenge to start his duty there. 
http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~pbtyc/genealogy/18-1900/H/02327.html[8]  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Howe[9]  
HMS Revenge
 		  74-gun third-rate[10] ship of the line[3] of the Royal Navy[4], launched on 13 April 1805   Jan 12, 1841-Feb 28, 1842  Patrolled Coast of Syria  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Revenge_(1805)[11]  Presumed prevention of the slave trade 


Endnotes:
  1. image: https://www.google.com/search?safe=active&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS918US919&sxsrf=ALeKk01fK6v-gzW3QZHrjpz2m6fSKSDozw:1607635828330&source=univ&tbm=isch&q=HMS+Regulus+1785&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi72eaTrsTtAhVBIjQIHfBMBTMQjJkEegQICxAB&biw=1179&bih=707#imgrc=ln5jFAzro2db5M
  2. third rate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_rate
  3. ship of the line: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_the_line
  4. Royal Navy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Navy
  5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Swiftsure_(1804): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Swiftsure_(1804)
  6. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/H.M._Ship_Swiftsure.jpg: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/H.M._Ship_Swiftsure.jpg
  7. http://nelsonlambert.blogspot.com/2011/06/africa-hms-maidstone-part-2.html: http://nelsonlambert.blogspot.com/2011/06/africa-hms-maidstone-part-2.html
  8. http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~pbtyc/genealogy/18-1900/H/02327.html: http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~pbtyc/genealogy/18-1900/H/02327.html
  9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Howe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Howe
  10. third-rate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-rate
  11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Revenge_(1805): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Revenge_(1805)

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