HMS Dover

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angel
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HMS Dover

Post by angel » Mon Mar 27, 2006 7:07 pm

Hello Everyone

I am looking for information on the HMS Dover my ancestor John WAters born England abut 1800 served on her. Can anyone tell me how I go about finding a ships crew and what Ports she would have been in?

The family lived in Leith and and he was missing from the 1841 census so I am hoping that he would ahve been in a port at the time. If he was at sea than I can't track him.


When he married in 1820 he was was still on the Dover. Can anyone help please?

Heather
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LesleyB
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Post by LesleyB » Mon Mar 27, 2006 7:11 pm

When he married in 1820 he was was still on the Dover so he must have been in WW1.
:?: 1820?? Have you got the dates mixed up? :D

Best wishes
Lesley
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angel
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Post by angel » Mon Mar 27, 2006 7:17 pm

:oops: big mistake sorted now :lol:
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LesleyB
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Post by LesleyB » Thu Mar 30, 2006 11:07 pm

Hi Angel
See http://www.port.nmm.ac.uk/research/c1.html for info:
All surviving muster rolls and crew agreements for British-registered merchant ships up to and including 1860 are held by The National Archives. Muster rolls exist for 1747-1851, but prior to 1800 only those for Dartmouth, Liverpool, Plymouth, Shields and Scarborough have survived. Crew Agreements are available from 1835.
As for the ship, a look at the links here might help:
http://talkingscot.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3510

- and I wonder if this is your ship? Seems a bit later than you had mentioned - maybe there was another HMS Dover before this one?
The first iron warships for the Royal Navy. The Admiralty in 1842, started a program of iron warships which included HMS Rattler, the screw frigate HMS Dauntless, HMS Dover, HMS Mohawk, HMS Trident.
http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/cruisers_1880.htm

Best wishes
Lesley
Researching:
Midlothian & Fife - Goalen, Lawrie, Ewart, Nimmo, Jamieson, Dick, Ballingall.
Dunbartonshire- Mcnicol, Davy, Guy, McCunn, McKenzie.
Ayrshire- Lyon, Parker, Mitchell, Fraser.
Easter Ross- McCulloch, Smith, Ross, Duff, Rose.
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angel
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Post by angel » Fri Mar 31, 2006 12:47 pm

Hello Lesley

Many thanks for all of the sites I have saved most of them to look at later will have to make a foder for them all.... :lol:

Heather
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Hugh Stevely
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HMS DOVER.

Post by Hugh Stevely » Fri Apr 07, 2006 9:51 am

Hi all
On Marine Data Posted December 27th.

I see the Dover a few times one of them had a name change could this be the one you are looking for?

http://www.cronab.demon.co.uk/marit.htm

Maritime History go into Ships of the old Navy good luck .
Hugh.
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Cgg7777
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Re: HMS Dover

Post by Cgg7777 » Fri May 02, 2025 2:15 pm

I know that this an old topic but.. maybe someone out there can help.

I’ve details of my x3 great grandfather (christopher Nichols 1805 and Elizabeth Scott) being married and the proclamation states that he is a sailor aboard The Dover which was in Leith Port at that time. He would have been 15 and it was common to marry early so as to benefit from a sailors pension. I believe.

I’ve researched the ship (ex Italian battleship ..spoils of war!) and it moved to Deptford later.

My relation and his family moved to HULL probably about 1840 (child born in Leith 1839) so I’m assuming that he stayed in the navy as he is missing from the Census returns and dies about 1848. Did he move with the ship or take another posting ??

Apart from visiting the National Archives I cannot see any other source or digital lists that are accessible to verify his status on the ship and his time of service in the Royal Navy.

Unless any of you have struggled with the same issue and found a solution?

Many thanks
Chris ..cgg7777@gmail.com
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