LAWRENCE, CLAUS [SSNE 302]

Surname

LAWRENCE, LAURENCE

First name

CLAUS

Title/rank

CAPTAIN

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

GENTRY

Text source

Claus Lawrence served in the Danish-Norwegian navy between 1678 and 1681. He was initially a privateer, then he commanded the 'Den Flyvende Fisk' 1679-81. He was buried on 28/1/1682.

T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, p.90; (Topsøe-Jensen & Marquard II, p.77).

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, NAVY

Arrived 1678-09-06, as LIEUTENANT

Departed 1681-12-31, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose NAVAL