William Bolton (Royal Navy officer, died 1817)

Not to be confused with William Bolton (Royal Navy officer, died 1830).

Captain William Bolton (died 1817) was a captain in the Royal Navy who served during the French Revolutionary Wars.

His first known service was when he passed the Lieutenant's exam in 1789, becoming a Lieutenant in October of the following year. He commanded the Aurore from December 1795 to September 1796[1] and Wolverine from February 1799,[2][3] before his promotion to captain and commander of Arrow in early 1800,[4] on which he served in the Battle of Copenhagen. He took command of Aimable in September 1803, and Fisgard from August 1805 to mid-1809, serving in Jamaica and the North Sea[5] and taking part in the Walcheren Campaign in 1809.[3][6]

He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath on 16 September 1815.[7][Note 1]

  1. ^ Winfield, Rif (2014). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793 – 1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates (2nd rev. ed.). Barnsley: Seaforth. p. 204. ISBN 9781783469260.
  2. ^ ""Wolverine"". Michael Phillips' Ships of the Old Navy. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  3. ^ a b Harrison, Simon. "William Bolton". Threedecks. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Arrow". Michael Phillips' Ships of the Old Navy. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  5. ^ Winfield, Rif (2014). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793 – 1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates (2nd rev. ed.). Barnsley: Seaforth. p. 162. ISBN 9781783469260.
  6. ^ ""Fisgard"". Michael Phillips' Ships of the Old Navy. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  7. ^ "No. 17061". The London Gazette. 16 September 1815. p. 1877.


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