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