Thomas Revell Shivers (1751 – 1 June 1827) was a

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officer in the 18th/19th century who rose to be Vice Admiral.

Life and career

Thomas Revell Shivers was born in

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in 1751. His early career in the Royal Navy is not clear. He appears in the

in May 1777 (aged 26) as a Lieutenant in command of the schooner at

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. In August 1778, he replaced Lt Howell Lloyd in command of the 10-gun . On 3 November, a storm in the Bay of Bulls off the Newfoundland coast wrecked ''Penguin''. The armed brig ''Portillion'' was lost in the same storm. In January 1779 he was

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led by Captain Nicholas Vincent on behalf of Admiral

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regarding the loss of HMS ''Penguin''. Following this he was placed on shore leave for 3 years. On 24 January 1782, he came back into active service as commander of , a newly captured French ship of 16 guns. He sailed her to the

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. In May 1789, he was given command of the 18 gun . On 21 September 1790 he was promoted to

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and given command of the 32-gun , a non-active post prior to her being paid off. He then had two years of shore leave before being given command of on 25 January 1793 serving in the Mediterranean. In January 1794 he was promoted to Commodore (flag captain) to Admiral

on and returned to Britain in autumn with Admiral

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. From 1794 to 1797, he had another long period of shore leave before taking command of the recently captured Dutch ship in March 1797. In September Shrivers took command of . After a further year of shore leave he took his final active command on the 74-gun in February 1799 plying the south English coast. Shivers retired from active duty in December 1800. He was promoted several times thereafter ending at the rank of Vice Admiral. Shivers died at Wickham on 1 June 1827, and was buried there in St Nicholas' Church on 8 June.

Family

His wife Mary South died at Havelock House in Wickham in 1846. He was uncle (through marriage) to

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References

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