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William Nesbit; Ship's name: HMS Sappho; Pay book number: SB 2; Rank: Gunner's Mate;...

Catalogue reference: ADM 27/17/36

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Reference
ADM 27/17/36
Date
1807
Description

William Nesbit; Ship's name: HMS Sappho; Pay book number: SB 2; Rank: Gunner's Mate; Relation: Mother name not given; When Allotted: 1807; Remarks: blank.

Michael Higgins; Ship's name: HMS Sappho; Pay book number: SB blank; Rank: Boatswain's Mate; Relation: Wife name not given; When Allotted: 1807; Remarks: blank.

Thomas Head; Ship's name: HMS Sappho; Pay book number: ML 1; Rank: Sergeant Royal Marine; Relation: Wife Jane; When Allotted: 1807; Remarks: discharged 12 April 1812.

John March; Ship's name: HMS Sappho; Pay book number: ML 5; Rank: Private Royal Marine; Relation: Mother Sarah; When Allotted: 1807; Remarks: discharged 27 April 1814 to Headquarters.

James Annandale; Ship's name: HMS Sappho; Pay book number: ML 7; Rank: Private Royal Marine; Relation: Wife Sarah; When Allotted: 1807; Remarks: discharged 16 February 1808 unserviceable.

Edward Langford; Ship's name: HMS Sappho; Pay book number: SB 10; Rank: Private Royal Marine; Relation: Mother Ann; When Allotted: 1807; Remarks: blank.

Michael Higgins; Ship's name: HMS Sappho; Pay book number: SB 3; Rank: Boatswain; Relation: Wife Elizabeth; When Allotted: 1807; Remarks: blank.

M Symonds; Ship's name: HMS Sappho; Pay book number: SB 24; Rank: Able Seaman; Relation: Wife name not given; When Allotted: 1807; Remarks: discharged to Sheerness sick quarters 23 May 1808.

R Mitchinson; Ship's name: HMS Sappho; Pay book number: SB 23; Rank: Quartergunner; Relation: Wife name not given; When Allotted: 1807; Remarks: discharged 27 April 1814 to HMS Namur.

John Lewis; Ship's name: HMS Sappho; Pay book number: SB 60; Rank: Landsman; Relation: Wife Jane; When Allotted: 1807; Remarks: deserted 29 April 1809 Havannah.

H Glosk; Ship's name: HMS Sappho; Pay book number: SB 36; Rank: Ordinary Seaman; Relation: Wife Mary; When Allotted: 1807; Remarks: deserted 17 June 1807.

Alexander Goodfellow; Ship's name: HMS Sappho; Pay book number: SB 32; Rank: Ordinary Seaman; Relation: Ordinary Seaman; When Allotted: 1807; Remarks: deserted 17 June 1807.

Thomas Jones; Ship's name: HMS Sappho; Pay book number: SB 37; Rank: Able Seaman; Relation: Wife Ann; When Allotted: 1807; Remarks: discharged 28 November 1807 unserviceable.

William Cochrane; Ship's name: HMS Sappho; Pay book number: SB 33; Rank: Ordinary Seaman; Relation: Wife Elizabeth; When Allotted: 1807; Remarks: discharged 27 April 1814 to HMS Namur unserviceable.

Jones Groves; Ship's name: HMS Sappho; Pay book number: SB 64 or 315 ?; Rank: Landsman; Relation: Mother Mary; When Allotted: 1807; Remarks: discharged 27 April 1814 to HMS Namur unserviceable.

John Smith; Ship's name: HMS Sappho; Pay book number: SB 8; Rank: Ship's Corporal; Relation: Mother Elizabeth; When Allotted: 1807; Remarks: blank.

William Finlayson; Ship's name: HMS Sappho; Pay book number: SB 43; Rank: Able Seaman; Relation: Mother Ann; When Allotted: 1807; Remarks: discharged 27 April 1814 to HMS Namur.

Robert Connor; Ship's name: HMS Sappho; Pay book number: SB 45; Rank: Quartergunner; Relation: With Catherine; When Allotted: 1807; Remarks: discharged 13 September 1809 to HMS Garland.

Lewis Jack; Ship's name: HMS Sappho; Pay book number: SB 50; Rank: Yeoman of the Powder Room; Relation: Wife Janet; When Allotted: 1807; Remarks: deserted (date not given).

John Thomson; Ship's name: HMS Sappho; Pay book number: SB 53; Rank: Able Seaman; Relation: Mother Christian; When Allotted: 1807; Remarks: blank.

John Mather; Ship's name: HMS Sappho; Pay book number: SB 55; Rank: Quartergunner; Relation: Wife Charlotte; When Allotted: 1807; Remarks: discharged 19 September 1809 to HMS Garland.

Thomas Muldoon; Ship's name: HMS Sappho; Pay book number: SB 65; Rank: Able Seaman; Relation: Mother Margaret; When Allotted: 1807; Remarks: deserted 2 February 1809.

Roger Hartigan; Ship's name: HMS Sappho; Pay book number: SB 86; Rank: Ordinary Seaman; Relation: Mother Bridget; When Allotted: 1807; Remarks: deserted 20 July 1809.

Alex Cavan or John Brown; Ship's name: HMS Sappho; Pay book number: SB 87; Rank: Ordinary Seaman; Relation: Mother Mary; When Allotted: 1807; Remarks: deserted 2 February 1809.

Francis Ralph; Ship's name: HMS Sappho; Pay book number: SB 91; Rank: Able Seaman; Relation: Mother Ann; When Allotted: 1807; Remarks: blank.

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