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Posted by anne on 2/3/2019, 7:46 pm, in reply to "John Pine -10 years Royal Navy service during Napoleonic War. "
From Muster List of HMS Wasp, John Pine joined this ship at Lisbon as Ordinary Seaman on 15th July 1804. He recieved RN clothes. He left this ship at Lisbon on 29th Sept 1804.
John, using the alias, 'James Woods', on 11th June 1805 joined his next ship, the HMS Cleopatra. He had not been pressed.
I don't know much about the Royal Navy. When John Pine first started would he have committed to a certain length of service? It appears he 'jumped ship' on 29th September 1804. Might this be the reason why he used an alias when he joined his second ship on 11th June 1805?
