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John Clinton; Ship's name: HMS Vengeur; Pay book number: SB 594; Rank: Sailmaker;...
Catalogue reference: ADM 27/21/299
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This record is about the John Clinton; Ship's name: HMS Vengeur; Pay book number: SB 594; Rank: Sailmaker;... dating from 1811-1813 in the series Navy Board, and Admiralty, Accountant General's Department: Registers of Allotments.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1811-1813
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John Clinton; Ship's name: HMS Vengeur; Pay book number: SB 594; Rank: Sailmaker; Relation: Wife Ann; When Allotted: 1811; Remarks: discharged 11 May 1812 to HMS Gladiator.
Burton Wilcox; Ship's name: HMS Vengeur; Pay book number: SB 586; Rank: Boatswain; Relation: Wife Jane; When Allotted: 1811; Remarks: blank.
Mathew Foster; Ship's name: HMS Vengeur; Pay book number: SB 592; Rank: Coxswain; Relation: Wife Lucy; When Allotted: 1812; Remarks: blank.
Hugh Gilmore; Ship's name: HMS Vengeur; Pay book number: SB 631; Rank: Landsman; Relation: Wife Ann; When Allotted: 1812; Remarks: deserted (date not given).
William Mahoney; Ship's name: HMS Vengeur; Pay book number: SB 629; Rank: Landsman; Relation: Mother Ann; When Allotted: 1812; Remarks: discharged 22 October 1813 to HMS Whiting.
Daniel Noonan; Ship's name: HMS Vengeur; Pay book number: SB 621; Rank: Landsman; Relation: Mother Juda; When Allotted: 1812; Remarks: deserted (date not given).
William Willison; Ship's name: HMS Vengeur; Pay book number: SB 607; Rank: Trumpeter; Relation: Wife Mary; When Allotted: 1812; Remarks: blank.
William Wallace; Ship's name: HMS Vengeur; Pay book number: SB 342; Rank: Captain of the Top; Relation: Wife Mary; When Allotted: 1812; Remarks: blank.
John Thornley; Ship's name: HMS Vengeur; Pay book number: SB 68; Rank: Ordinary Seaman; Relation: Wife Mary; When Allotted: 1812; Remarks: blank.
John Thornley; Ship's name: HMS Vengeur; Pay book number: SB 68; Rank: Able Seaman; Relation: Wife Mary; When Allotted: 1813; Remarks: blank.
John Thornley; Ship's name: HMS Vengeur; Pay book number: SB 68; Rank: Carpenter's Mate; Relation: Wife Mary; When Allotted: 1815; Remarks: blank.
Evan Ellis; Ship's name: HMS Vengeur; Pay book number: SB 603; Rank: Able Seaman; Relation: Mother Martha; When Allotted: 1812; Remarks: blank.
Robert Elliott; Ship's name: HMS Vengeur; Pay book number: ML 14; Rank: Private Royal Marine 2nd class; Relation: Wife Agnes; When Allotted: 1812; Remarks: discharged 28 May 1814 in Plymouth.
John Chase; Ship's name: HMS Vengeur; Pay book number: ML 120; Rank: Private Royal Marine 3rd class; Relation: Mother Ann; When Allotted: 1812; Remarks: discharged 28 May 1814 to Chatham Headquarters.
William Chase; Ship's name: HMS Vengeur; Pay book number: ML 29; Rank: Private Royal Marine 3rd class; Relation: Mother Ann; When Allotted: 1812; Remarks: discharged 22 May 1814 to Chatham Headquarters.
David Barry; Ship's name: HMS Vengeur; Pay book number: SB 629; Rank: Landsman; Relation: Mother Mary; When Allotted: 1812; Remarks: discharged 15 October 1813 to HMS Andromache.
Robert Walter; Ship's name: HMS Vengeur; Pay book number: SB 589; Rank: Clerk; Relation: Mother Mary; When Allotted: 1812; Remarks: discharged 16 August 1813 to HMS Basilisk and made Purser.
James Lachlan; Ship's name: HMS Vengeur; Pay book number: SB 346; Rank: Ordinary Seaman; Relation: Wife Margaret; When Allotted: 1812; Remarks: discharged as unserviceable (date not given).
William Riches; Ship's name: HMS Vengeur; Pay book number: SB 640; Rank: Carpenter's Crew; Relation: Wife Elizabeth; When Allotted: 1812; Remarks: blank.
Thomas Seal; Ship's name: HMS Vengeur; Pay book number: SB 637; Rank: Master at Arms; Relation: Wife Elizabeth; When Allotted: 1811; Remarks: blank.
Thomas Ratcliffe; Ship's name: HMS Vengeur; Pay book number: SB 214; Rank: Yeoman of the Sheets; Relation: Wife Mary; When Allotted: 1812; Remarks: discharged to Haslar sick quarters (date not given).
John Thompson; Ship's name: HMS Vengeur; Pay book number: SB 323; Rank: Captain of the Forecastle; Relation: Wife Ann; When Allotted: 1812; Remarks: discharged from service (date not given)
Jacob Atkinson; Ship's name: HMS Vengeur; Pay book number: SB 210; Rank: Quartermaster; Relation: Wife P?; When Allotted: 1812; Remarks: discharged 9 May 1814 as invalided.
James Rooney; Ship's name: HMS Vengeur; Pay book number: blank; Rank: Able Seaman; Relation: Mother Mary; When Allotted: 1812; Remarks: blank.
George Hesket; Ship's name: HMS Vengeur; Pay book number: SL10; Rank: Ship's Corporal; Relation: Wife Mary; When Allotted: 1812; Remarks: discharged 18 January 1813 to HMS Madagascar.
William Dixon; Ship's name: HMS Vengeur; Pay book number: blank; Rank: Yeoman of the Sheets; Relation: Wife Mary; When Allotted: 1812; Remarks: discharged 18 January 1813.
Thomas Sullivan; Ship's name: HMS Vengeur; Pay book number: SB 635; Rank: Landsman; Relation: Mother Mary; When Allotted: 1813; Remarks: blank.
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