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 Death Announcements 1731-1831

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Surname  Parker    
Rank/ occupation  Captain    
Unit  HMS Intrepid    
Death date  1797    
Place of death  Passage from the East Indies    
Source  Gentleman's Magazine    
Date  Dec 1797    
Page number  1072    
Detail  Capt. Parker, of Heavitree, near Exeter, commander of his Majesty's ship Intrepid, of 64 guns. On that ship's returning from the East Indies, with the Van Tromp, as convoy to a fleet of merchantmen, by a sudden heel of the ship, he fell overboard into the sea; and a gale of wind blew so strong at that time, that he sunk before any assistance could be rendered to him. Thus perished a worthy man and a deserving officer, leaving a disconsolate widow and several children to lament his loss, as well as every other person who had the pleasure of his acquaintance. He was brother to Vice-admiral Sir William Parker, now at Lisbon.    
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