Hello I have an interest in a GEORGE BASHFORD who appears in the 1861 UK census on board the ' Britannia (1) ' in Portsmouth Harbour as a " Ord 2 class ". His name is actually shown as Geoe Bashford. George is listed on the Britannia with over a hundred other 19-21 year olds. Can anyone provide any guidance in regard to what the Britannia (1) was? Was the Britannia (1) the actual Portsmouth Naval Training Depot? Can anyone give me guidance as to how I might be able to track George Bashford's naval/maritime career from this point in 1861? Regards Gary Blond
Hi Gary A search of the National Archives catalogue : http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/ at Kew comes up with this chap, who looks as though he might by yours ? >From the Admiralty Royal Navy Continuous Service Engagement Books. C.S. ADM 139/510/10924 Description: Name Bashford, George Place of Birth: Worthing, Sussex Continuous Service Number: 10924A Date of Volunteering: 16 July 1860 Date of Birth: 02 November 1840 If you would like to do a search you can click on the man's name and for GBP3.36 you would appear to be able to down load 10 pages of his service record. With regards to the Britannia, over the years I've made some occasional notes on 19th Century HM Ships, and you can see them for the Britannia at : http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/18-1900/B/00688.html For much of the period she was at Portsmouth as a training ship, both officer cadets and naval ratings were on board at the same time, but following problems with the parents of the officer cadets, and an outbreak of influenza and other things, which ISTR reading in the papers of the day resulted in the death of at least one of the cadets, the mix of trainees on board didn't go down too well with the parents, and the ratings were removed from the ship to be trained elsewhere, whilst the Britannia was moved down here to Portland Roads, but the ship's movement at her moorings upset some of the poor little brats, oops darlings, and, so, following further complaints from the parents the Admiralty moved the vessel down to Dartmouth, on the River Dart, where officer cadets training was moved ashore circa 1900, and remains to this day, although probably not for much longer ? Paul On Fri, 11 Oct 2013 07:51:24 +1000, Gary <[email protected]> wrote: >Hello > >I have an interest in a GEORGE BASHFORD who appears in the 1861 UK >census on board the ' Britannia (1) ' in Portsmouth Harbour as a " Ord 2 >class ". His name is actually shown as Geoe Bashford. > >George is listed on the Britannia with over a hundred other 19-21 year olds. > >Can anyone provide any guidance in regard to what the Britannia (1) was? >Was the Britannia (1) the actual Portsmouth Naval Training Depot? > >Can anyone give me guidance as to how I might be able to track George >Bashford's naval/maritime career from this point in 1861? > >Regards >Gary Blond > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message 50° 33' N, 2° 26' W http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Naval.html