Letter from Lieutenant Joseph H. Marryat to his mother, sent from HMS CRACKER in the Sea of Azov.

Letter from Lieutenant Joseph H. Marryat to his mother, sent from HMS CRACKER in the Sea of Azov, dated 6 November 1855. From May 1855 onwards the CRACKER was part of a flotilla dispatched into the shallow waters of the Sea of Asov with orders to destroy Russian shipping and stores.

Record Details

Item reference: AGC/M/24/5; REG17/000133.5 D2018.001
Catalogue Section: Manuscript documents acquired singly by the Museum
Level: ITEM
Date made: 1855-11-06; 6 November 1855
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London