Handwritten orders to head out to sea 20 August 1834.

Orders from Captain Samuel Warren commanding Robert Oliver to head out to sea on His Majesty's Steamship PHOENIX.

Administrative / biographical background
The PHOENIX was commissioned on 6 November 1833 under Commander Robert Oliver, for the Channel Fleet. HMS Phoenix was a 6-gun steam paddle vessel of the Royal Navy, built in a dry dock at Chatham.

Record Details

Item reference: OLE/1/8; MSS/84/065 MS1984/065
Catalogue Section: Personal collections
Level: ITEM
Date made: 1800-1807; 1834-07-23 1834-08-20
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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