Royal Naval Biography/Shephard, James Keith

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JAMES KEITH SHEPHARD, Esq
[Post-Captain of 1798.]

This officer was made a Lieutenant Sept. 19, 1777, obtained post rank July 12, 1798; and during the remainder of the war commanded the Redoubt of 20 guns, stationed as a floating battery in the river Humber. He was appointed to superintend the impress service at Gravesend about July 1810; and is at present employed in the preventive service.

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