Re: Naval Officer's career 1772-1783

The List and Index Society has published an index to "Royal Navy
Lieutenants' Passing Certificates 1691-1902" (by Bruno Pappalardo).
Unfortunately I only have the A-H volume on my shelf at the moment.

I've never actually seen a passing certificate, but I understand that
(if you can find it) it should list all the ships your man served on as
a midshipman. Possibly other information also. Not, of course, his
career after becoming lieutenant but before arriving on the Albany.

cecilia wrote:
> Robert Vardon was baptised 31 Mar 1754 Royal Hospital, Greenwich,
> Kent, England (source IGI British Isles, batch C020002)
>
> He entered the Royal Navy aged 17 in 1772 (source: transcription of
> obituary from St Andrew's Standard, New Brunswick, Canada, 24 Mar
> 1858)
>
> He was a Lieutenant in command of the sloop Albany when she went down
> in 1782 (source: transcription of 1783 court-martial record from
> PRO, ADM 1/5322, ff. 341-351)
>
> Study of the Albany Muster Rolls, Logs and Pay books led a researcher
> to the fact that Robert Vardon, as Lieutenant, reported for duty on
> board the Albany on 22 August 1779.
>
> The obituary said he "served on board various ships,
> chiefly on the Halifax station".
>
> Is there any easier way of identifying on which ships he served
> between early 1772 and August 1779, short of going through the books
> for all ships on that station (I have been given the names of
> Raisonable, Blondi, Greyhound, Galatea, Camilla, Virginia, but I
> expect thare were other lesser vessels), and hoping that "chiefly"
> meant "entirely"?
>
> (I don't understand why he is not included in David Syrett, R.L.
> DiNardo (Eds), "Commissioned sea officers of the Royal Navy,
> 1660-1815", given they used courts-martial records as sources.)

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