a fine skirmish by members of the Napoleonic Association at Chiltern Open Air Museum Chiltern Open Air Museum On again tomorrow
Edward Bransfield entered the Royal Navy via the press gang on 2 June, 1803, in the early days of the Napoleonic Wars.
Bransfield was enlisted aboard HMS ‘Ville de Paris’ on 3 June, 1803.
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Plan of the inboard profile for Ville de Paris: NMM, Royal Museums Greenwich