Rowley, Sheerness, to Markham, on manning ships, Glatton ready to drop down to Longreach, no orders from Admiralty on manning ships at the Nore so acting solely on your letters, weak state of the convoys as 120 ships have only one man of war, on Admiral Mitchell’s death offered services to Lord Howick but no success

16th [April 1806] Wednesday, Rowley, Sheerness, to Markham, on manning ships, Glatton ready to drop down to Longreach, no orders from Admiralty on manning ships at the Nore so acting solely on your letters, weak state of the convoys as 120 ships have only one man of war, on Admiral Mitchell’s death offered services to Lord Howick but no success

Record Details

Item reference: MRK/101/5/37
Catalogue Section: Personal collections
Level: ITEM
Date made: 1806
Creator: Rowley, Bartholomew Samuel
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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