| 词条 | William Boys (Royal Navy officer) |
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|name=William Boys |birth_date=25 June 1700 |death_date=4 March 1774 |image= |caption= |birth_place= |death_place = |placeofburial= |nickname= |nationality = British |allegiance={{flag|Kingdom of Great Britain}} |serviceyears= |rank=Commodore |branch={{navy|Kingdom of Great Britain}} |commands=HMS Greyhound HMS Princess Louisa HMS Pearl HMS Royal Sovereign HMS Preston Nore Command |unit= |battles=Seven Years' War |awards= |relations= }} Commodore William Boys (25 June 1700 – 4 March 1774) was a Royal Navy officer who became Commander-in-Chief, The Nore. HistoryPromoted to captain, Boys joined the Royal Navy in 1717 and became a midshipman in the third-rate HMS Prince Frederick.[1] In June 1725 he was on board the South Sea Company slaver Luxborough Galley when the ship sunk following a fire and the six survivors only survived by cannibalism.[1] Promoted to captain he became commanding officer of the sixth-rate HMS Greyhound in June 1743, commanding officer of the fourth-rate HMS Princess Louisa in 1744 and commanding officer of the fifth-rate HMS Pearl on the East Indies Station in 1745.[1] He went on to be flag captain to Vice-Admiral Thomas Smith in the first-rate HMS Royal Sovereign in 1755 and commanding officer of the fourth-rate HMS Preston in 1759 and saw action during the Seven Years' War.[1] After that he became Commander-in-Chief, The Nore in 1760 and lieutenant-governor of Greenwich Hospital in July 1761.[2] References1. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/64849?docPos=1|title=William Boys|publisher=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|accessdate=3 January 2015}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Boys, William}}2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.historicalautographs.co.uk/catalogue.asp?content=Naval%20History|title=William Boys|publisher=Historical Autographs|accessdate=3 January 2015}} 4 : 1700 births|1774 deaths|Royal Navy personnel of the Seven Years' War|Royal Navy officers |
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