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Refereneces for Type 052D and Type 055 destroyer articles[edit]

Hi. Do you have the ISBN for JFS 2023-2024 and the pages used for the references that you added to the Type 052D and Type 055 destroyer articles? - RovingPersonalityConstruct (talk, contribs) 07:47, 9 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I do have these and will insert them into the articles later this week. The ISBN is 978-0-7106-3428 3. The details of Type 052D are on page 140 and the details of Type 055 are on page 138.

Rif. Rif Winfield (talk) 15:39, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Captains of Assurance[edit]

Hi, I've been working on HMS Assurance (1780) and wondered whether you may be able to clear something up for me. In BWAS you have Captain (Commander?) Wyndham Bryer commanding Assurance from December 1794, but I believe Bryer died in October that year.^[1] Is this an error or is something else going on here? Thanks, Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 02:31, 29 January 2024 (UTC) [reply]

References

^ *Syrett, David; DiNardo, R. L. (1994). The Commissioned Sea Officers of the Royal Navy 1660–1815. Aldershot: Scolar Press. p. 60. ISBN 1-85928-122-2.

Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk) 02:31, 29 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Looking at sources, there are contradictory reports in the archives as to who was in command of Assurance in the 1794-76 period, but I agree with you that almost certainly it could not have been Wyndham Bryer at any time because - as you say - he died (as a Commander in rank, not a Captain) in October 1794. Without physically looking at the archives again (it's no longer possible for me to go there and inspect them) I cannot say when Velters Cornewall Berkeley (who recommissioned the ship in April 1793) actually relinquished command, but it could have then been Charles Sawyer who was in command until 1795 when Charles Ogle took over until the ship paid off at Sheerness in September 1795. My suspicion (although without any evidence) is that it might have been Sawyer who took over from Berkeley in December 1794, and then Commander Ogle briefly in April 1795, but this is only my hypothesis based on conflicting records. The practical step is for you to go and look at the Captain's log for this ship for this commission; if you can do so (or get someone to act for you), I'd be grateful if you can advise me of the result. Regards from Rif. Rif Winfield (talk) 07:59, 29 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[1] *Syrett, David; DiNardo, R. L. (1994). The Commissioned Sea Officers of the Royal Navy 1660–1815. Aldershot: Scolar Press. p. 60. ISBN 1-85928-122-2.

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