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 |