Admiral Sir William Fanshawe Martin, 4th Baronet, was a Royal Navy officer. As a commander, he provided valuable support to British merchants at Callao in Peru in the early 1820s during the Peruvian W
The first-rate HMS Queen which Martin commanded
HMS Marlborough, Flagship of the Mediterranean Fleet, which Martin commanded in the early 1860s
Thomas Byam Martin
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Admiral of the Fleet Sir Thomas Byam Martin, was a Royal Navy officer and politician. As captain of fifth-rate HMS Fisgard he took part in a duel with the French ship Immortalité and captured her at t
Sir William Martin, 4th Baronet
…the system of discipline in his fleet and developed a comprehensive system of manoeuvres for steam ships. Born the eldest son of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Thomas Martin (a former Controller of the Navy) and Catherine Martin (daughter of Captain Robert Fanshawe RN), Martin joined the Royal Navy in June 1813. He had two…
1852 portrait
The capture of the French ship Immortalité (left) by the fifth-rate HMS Fisgard commanded by Martin (right)
A snuff box owned by Martin