1815 Sale of Share in SHIP the RAITH GREENLAND, formerly the HMS MARTIN

Description: 1815 Sale of Share in SHIP the RAITH GREENLAND, formerly the HMS MARTINThis product data sheet is originally written in English. HMS Martin was a fourteen-gun, ship-rigged, unrated sloop-of-war, which is nautical for a diminutive three-masted vessel at the lower end of the spectrum of size and fire power within the Royal Navy. This Martin, the fourth British naval vessel to bear the name, was launched in London in 1761 and sold out of service in 1784. BELOW some interesting info on it's early Captain Thomas Haywood. British Admiralty commissioned Captain Hayward to outfit the fourteen-gun HMS Martin for service along the coastline of North Carolina. Instead of proceeding directly to his assigned station, Captain Hayward sailed the Martin from England to Madeira to Charleston, where he arrived in late November 1767. Over the next four years, Captain Hayward and the Martin returned to Charleston on seven different occasions. He was here for nearly three weeks during the month of May 1768, for example, during which time he probably engaged in conversations about the tense political situation then unfolding in Boston. The British Parliament had, during the previous summer, ratified a series of laws proposed by Chancellor Charles Townshend that were designed to extract more revenue from the American colonies. New import duties went into effect on January 1st, 1768, and the people of Boston had organized a non-importation agreement to protest the enforcement of the so-called “Townshend Acts.” Other colonies were following suit, and the British government was determined to make an example of Boston by enforcing compliance through intimidation. : Powered by SixBit's eCommerce SolutionHMS Martin was a fourteen-gun, ship-rigged, unrated sloop-of-war, which is nautical for a diminutive three-masted vessel at the lower end of the spectrum of size and fire power within the Royal Navy. This Martin, the fourth British naval vessel to bear the name, was launched in London in 1761 and sold out of service in 1784. BELOW some interesting info on it's early Captain Thomas Haywood.British Admiralty commissioned Captain Hayward to outfit the fourteen-gun HMS Martin for service along the coastline of North Carolina.Instead of proceeding directly to his assigned station, Captain Hayward sailed the Martin from England to Madeira to Charleston, where he arrived in late November 1767.Over the next four years, Captain Hayward and the Martin returned to Charleston on seven different occasi Document type Sale of Share in a Ship Ships Name Raith Greenland, Formerly HMS Martin Stamp Duty Type Impressed Embossed Types Country Scotland Family Surname of McMurdo Item Type Documents Theme Maritime Era 1801-1850 City/Town/Village Leith, Edinburgh Related Interest Man of War Year of Issue 1815

Price: 193.14 USD

Location: Maryport

End Time: 2024-09-02T14:26:24.000Z

Shipping Cost: 9.7 USD