Letter from Lieutenant Joseph H. Marryat on HMS PHEONIX at Cork.

Manuscript copy of a letter from Lieutenant Joseph H. Marryat on HMS PHEONIX at Cork, received by his father on 25 May 1853.
In May 1853 Marryat was second lieutenant under Commander Edward A. Inglefield on the wooden screw sloop HMS PHEONIX (1832), bound for Beechey Island to deliver stores for the Franklin search expedition.

Record Details

Item reference: AGC/M/24/1; REG17/000133.1 D2018.001
Catalogue Section: Manuscript documents acquired singly by the Museum
Level: ITEM
Date made: 1853-05-25; 25 May 1853.
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London