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Royal Navy officer
A.K.A.
Commodore Digby Dent
Gender:
Male
Death:
1737
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Biography
Introduction
Commodore Digby Dent (died 1737) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief of the Jamaica Station.
Naval career
Dent was promoted to post captain in October 1715 on appointment to the command of the fifth-rate HMS Lynn. He transferred to the command of the fourth-rate HMS Mermaid in 1720, of the fifth-rate HMS Launceston in 1722 and of the third-rate HMS Lennox in 1726. He went on to take the command of the third-rate HMS Captain in 1731 and of the fourth-rate HMS Dunkirk in 1735.
Dent served briefly as Commander-in-Chief of the Jamaica Station, with his broad pennant in the second-rate HMS Shrewsbury, from 1736 until his death in 1737. His son Digby was also a Royal Navy officer.
Sources
- Cundall, Frank (1915). Historic Jamaica. West India Committee.
| Military offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Sir Chaloner Ogle |
Commander-in-Chief, Jamaica Station 1736–1737 |
Succeeded by Sir Chaloner Ogle |