Lowestoffe Commission — Second Lieutenant

Generated illustration. Not a historical photograph. A sailing fleet. Not a named portrait of Lowestoffe.

Overview

Lieutenancy Examination — 8 April 1777 already records the examination. Lowestoffe Waterlogged Prize already records the later boarding. This note covers the next-day commission only.¹

The Commission

Southey says that the next day Nelson received his commission as second lieutenant of the Lowestoffe frigate, Captain William Locker, then fitting out for Jamaica.²

The examination stays on Lieutenancy Examination — 8 April 1777. The water-logged boarding stays on Lowestoffe Waterlogged Prize. This page does not invent a gun-count for Lowestoffe or a day-date beyond the day after 8 April 1777.

Sources

• @southey1813nelson
• Lieutenancy Examination — 8 April 1777
• Lowestoffe Waterlogged Prize

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• Lieutenancy Examination — 8 April 1777
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Footnotes

1. Examination only: Lieutenancy Examination — 8 April 1777. Water-logged boarding only: Lowestoffe Waterlogged Prize. ↩

2. “The next day Nelson received his commission as second lieutenant of the Lowestoffe frigate, Captain William Locker, then fitting out for Jamaica.” @southey1813nelson vol. 1, p. 26 (1813). Do not invent a gun-count or add the prize boarding on this page. ↩