Freke Payne
ROYAL NAVY SERVICE RECORD
- Document reference: ADM 188/123
- Service Number: 104091
- Date of Birth: 20th October 1862
- Place of Birth: Kilmor
- Occupation prior to enlistment: Greenwich School
- Date discharged: 23rd April 1891
- Cause of discharge: See Officer's record
- Note:
Officer's service record, (Document reference: ADM 196/35/39 ).
Died 9 June 1944, (Document reference: ADM 196/35/39 )
| Ship name | Rating | Battle | From date | To Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Implacable | Boy 2nd Class | 7th February 1878 | 11th February 1879 | |
| Implacable | Boy 1st Class | 12th February 1879 | 8th November 1879 | |
| Comus | Boy 1st Class | 9th November 1879 | 19th October 1880 | |
| Comus | Ordinary Seaman | 20th October 1880 | 30th September 1881 | |
| Comus | Able Seaman | 1st October 1881 | 30th September 1883 | |
| Comus | Leading Seaman | 1st October 1883 | 7th March 1884 | |
| Cambridge | Leading Seaman | 8th March 1884 | 21st November 1884 | |
| Vernon | Leading Seaman | 22nd November 1884 | 27th February 1885 | |
| Cambridge | Leading Seaman | 28th February 1885 | 3rd March 1885 | |
| Defiance | Leading Seaman | 4th March 1885 | 14th March 1885 | |
| Cambridge | Leading Seaman | 15th March 1885 | 18th March 1885 | |
| Mariner | Petty Officer 2nd Class | 19th March 1885 | 30th September 1887 | |
| Mariner | Petty Officer 1st Class | 1st October 1887 | 9th January 1889 | |
| Cambridge | Petty Officer 1st Class | 10th January 1889 | 17th December 1889 | |
| Defiance | Petty Officer 1st Class | 18th December 1889 | 1st March 1890 | |
| Cambridge | Petty Officer 1st Class | 2nd March 1890 | 14th March 1890 | |
| Vivid | Petty Officer 1st Class | 15th March 1890 | 10th November 1890 | |
| Cambridge | Petty Officer 1st Class | 11th November 1890 | 9th December 1890 | |
| Ruby | Petty Officer 1st Class | 10th December 1890 | 23rd April 1891 |
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