Name Digby Dent Rank Commodore | Died June 5, 1761 Service/branch Royal Navy | |
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Allegiance Kingdom of Great Britain Commands held HMS Kinsale
HMS Hampton Court
Jamaica Station
HMS Queenborough Battles/wars War of Jenkins' Ear
Third Carnatic War Role Royal Navy officer, died 1761 Battles and wars War of Jenkins' Ear, Carnatic Wars | ||
Commodore Digby Dent (c. 1700 - 5 June 1761) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief of the Jamaica Station.
Naval career
Born the son of Commodore Digby Dent (died 1737), Dent was promoted to post captain on 9 June 1738 on appointment to the command of the fifth-rate HMS Kinsale. He transferred to the command of the third-rate HMS Hampton Court in 1739 and saw action in operations against Santiago de Cuba during the War of Jenkins' Ear. Promoted to commodore, he became Commander-in-Chief of the Jamaica Station in 1747 and Controller of the Navy in 1756 before taking command of the sixth-rate HMS Queenborough in July 1758 and seeing action at the Battle of Negapatam in August 1758 during the Third Carnatic War.
Dent married Sophia Pitt Drake.