Digby Dent (Royal Navy officer, died 1737)

Digby Dent
Died 1737
Allegiance  Kingdom of Great Britain
Service/branch  Royal Navy
Rank Commodore
Commands held HMS Lynn
HMS Ruby
HMS Launceston
HMS Lennox
HMS Captain
HMS Dunkirk
Jamaica Station

Commodore Digby Dent (died 1737) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief of the Jamaica Station.

Dent was promoted to post captain in October 1715 on appointment to the command of the fifth-rate HMS Lynn.[1] 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.[1] He went on to take the command of the third-rate HMS Captain in 1731 and of the fourth-rate HMS Dunkirk in 1735.[1]

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.[2] His son Digby was also a Royal Navy officer.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Digby Dent (d. 1737)". Three Decks. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  2. ↑ Cundall, p. xx
  3. ↑ "Digby Dent (d. 1761)". Three Decks. Retrieved 15 October 2015.

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
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