Captain Fanshawe, Carysfort, Nore, to Markham, on making a signal for a convoy to the Baltic, homeward fleet just appeared and boats gone to look for men, to avoid courts martial as only 19 years old last March, PS on manning the Greenland fleet from Colliers rather than risk being pressed

30 June 1803, Captain Fanshawe, Carysfort, Nore, to Markham, on making a signal for a convoy to the Baltic, homeward fleet just appeared and boats gone to look for men, to avoid courts martial as only 19 years old last March, PS on manning the Greenland fleet from Colliers rather than risk being pressed

Record Details

Item reference: MRK/102/2/69
Catalogue Section: Personal collections
Level: ITEM
Date made: 1803
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London