Shirreff, William Henry, Rear-Admiral, 1785-1847.
The papers consist of three letterbooks for the years 1818 to 1820, one for 1830 to 1837 at Gibraltar, another for 1838 to 1841 and a report on dockyards made to the Admiralty in 1846.
Administrative / biographical background
Shirreff entered the Navy in 1796, was promoted to lieutenant in 1804 and to captain in 1809. Between 1817 and 1821 he commanded HMS ANDROMACHE ex PRINCESS CHARLOTTE (captured 1799) in the Pacific, at the time of the Chilean War of Independence. He also despatched Edward Bransfield (ca.1783-1852), master of the ANDROMACHE, in the hired ship WILLIAMS of Blyth to claim the South Shetland Islands, 1819 to 1820, for Britain. Between 1830 and 1837 Shirreff was captain of the port of Gibraltar under the Colonial Service. In 1838 he was appointed to captain-superintendent of Deptford Victualling Yard. He was promoted to rear-admiral in 1846.
Administrative / biographical background
Shirreff entered the Navy in 1796, was promoted to lieutenant in 1804 and to captain in 1809. Between 1817 and 1821 he commanded HMS ANDROMACHE ex PRINCESS CHARLOTTE (captured 1799) in the Pacific, at the time of the Chilean War of Independence. He also despatched Edward Bransfield (ca.1783-1852), master of the ANDROMACHE, in the hired ship WILLIAMS of Blyth to claim the South Shetland Islands, 1819 to 1820, for Britain. Between 1830 and 1837 Shirreff was captain of the port of Gibraltar under the Colonial Service. In 1838 he was appointed to captain-superintendent of Deptford Victualling Yard. He was promoted to rear-admiral in 1846.
Record Details
| Item reference: | SHI; GB 0064 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Personal collections |
| Level: | COLLECTION |
| Extent: | 6 volumes |
| Date made: | 1818-1846 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |