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Frederic forest1/10/2024 ![]() In 1819, Marryat married Catherine Shairp with whom he had four sons and seven daughters, including Florence, a prolific novelist and his biographer Emilia, a writer of moralist adventure novels in her father's vein and Augusta, also a writer of adventure fiction.įrederick Marryat's sketch of Napoleon's body on his deathbed ![]() He also described a new gastropod genus Cyclostrema with the type species Cyclostrema cancellatum. He developed a practical, widely used system of maritime flag signalling known as Marryat's Code based on his experience in the Napoleonic Wars escorting merchant ships in convoys. He invented a lifeboat which earned him a gold medal from the Royal Humane Society and the nickname "Lifeboat". Marryat then turned to scientific studies. Marryat was promoted to commander on 13 June 1815, just as the war ended. The local militia avoided casualties while killing one Royal marine. Initially, Marryat cut out an American schooner and three sloops, but he managed to escape with just one sloop. Marryat led four barges from the Newcastle on a raid against Orleans, Massachusetts on 19 December 1814, the last combat in New England during the war. On 26 December 1812, he was promoted to lieutenant, and as such served in the sloop HMS Espiegle and in HMS Newcastle. Shortly after, he moved to the frigate HMS Spartan, participating in the capture of a number of American ships during the War of 1812. He then sailed as a passenger to Bermuda in the 64-gun HMS Atlas, and from there to Halifax, Nova Scotia on the schooner HMS Chubb, where he joined the 32-gun frigate HMS Aeolus on 27 April 1811.Ī few months later, Marryat once more earned distinction by leading the effort to cut away the Aeolus's mainyard to save the ship during a storm, and continuing a pattern, saved one of the men from the sea. After recuperating, he returned to the Mediterranean in the 74-gun HMS Centaur and again saved a shipmate by leaping into the sea after him. The Imperieuse shifted to operations in the Scheldt in 1809, where Marryat contracted malaria he returned to England on the 74-gun HMS Victorious. ![]() Marryat's time aboard the Imperieuse included action off the Gironde, the rescue of a fellow midshipman who had fallen overboard, captures of many ships off the Mediterranean coast of Spain, and capture of the castle of Montgat. Marryat tried to run away to sea several times before he was permitted to enter the Royal Navy in 1806 as a midshipman aboard HMS Imperieuse, a frigate commanded by Lord Cochrane, who later served as inspiration for Marryat and other authors. Marryat was born in Great George Street, Westminster, London, the son of Joseph Marryat, a "merchant prince" and member of Parliament, as well as slave owner and anti-abolitionist, and his American wife, Charlotte, née von Geyer.
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