Owen, Clyde off Boulogne, to Markham, rocket plan carried into action, proved 3 things: efficacy of the weapon, could not get near enough to the beach, a few select boats have better prospect of success than a numerous collection; direction of fire not sufficiently on the harbour
10 October 1806, Owen, Clyde off Boulogne, to Markham, rocket plan carried into action, proved 3 things: efficacy of the weapon, could not get near enough to the beach, a few select boats have better prospect of success than a numerous collection; direction of fire not sufficiently on the harbour
Record Details
| Item reference: | MRK/101/7/69 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Personal collections |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Date made: | 1806 |
| Creator: | Owen, Edward William Campbell Rich |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |