A Memoir of James Trevenen

by Christopher Lloyd, R C Anderson, R.C. Anderson

James Trevenen, a Cornishman born in 1759, was educated at the Naval Academy Portsmouth, sailed as a midshipman on Cook's last voyage, served as a captain in the Baltic in the navy of Catherine the Great, and died in action in the war of Russia against Sweden in 1790.

Early in the nineteenth century a Memoir of his life was written by his brother-in-law, Admiral Sir Charles Vinicombe Penrose, which provides the basis for this volume, edited...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0853540349
• ISBN13: 9780853540342
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 288 Pages