Thanks for that. Iwillsee if they have a print. Edie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Mapplebeck" <ron.mapplebeck1@virgin.net> To: "Edie McArthur" <ediemc@bigpond.com> Cc: "Mariners Rootsweb" <mariners@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 9:18 AM Subject: Re: [MAR] Royal Marine Ships, Where did they serve please > Edie, > > Something of the quite interesting career of the FOUDROYANT, built 1798, > is given in the top half of the page at: > http://www.royalnavalmuseum.org/info_sheets_foudroyant.htm > > Ron Mapplebeck (UK) > ***** > On 19/07/2011 23:48, Edie McArthur wrote: >> Hi I have several Ships my son in laws ancestor James Bryan of >> Somerset, served on between the years shown below. I have no idea >> where they served and what battle and wondered if anyone can help me >> with this please. This information came from the Greenwich Hospital >> Pensioner discharge from the Royal Marines paper. I am now waiting >> for the papers from the National Archives Kew of James Bryans son, >> Silas Bryan. He attended the Greenwich Hospital School. >> >> As yet I haven't found any other full record but as James was 27 when >> he was discahrged Consumptive in 1808 to the Greenwich Hospital, he >> would have been aout 15 when he joined the royal Marines. Would he >> have apprenticeship papers or was that necessary >> >> Defiance 8/7/1796 -10/11/1798 Tigress 23/12/1798 -10/6/1799 Pearl >> 27/7/1799 -31/10/1801 Foudroyant 1/11/1801 - 7/12/1801 Massina >> 8/12/1801 - 13/9/1802 Calcutta 21/11/1802 - 11/6/1804 Crescent >> 27/8/1804 - 19/2/1806 Alert 18/4/1806- 31/7/1807 >> >> Thanks Edie >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please >> send an email to MARINERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word >> 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the >> message >>