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 |
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Catalogue Section: | Personal collections |
Level: | ITEM |
Date made: | 1806 |
Creator: | Rowley, Bartholomew Samuel |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |