OF KING GEORGE
THE JOURNALS OF
CAPTAIN FREDERICK HOFFMAN, R.N.
1793–1814
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
LONDON
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET
1901
BRADBURY, AGNEW, & CO. LD., PRINTERS,
LONDON AND TONBRIDGE.
PREFACE.
In a memorial presented in 1835 to the Lordsof the Admiralty, the author of the journals whichform this volume details his various services. Hejoined the Navy in October, 1793, his first shipbeing H.M.S. Blonde. He was present at the siegeof Martinique in 1794, and returned to England thesame year in H.M.S. Hannibal with despatches andthe colours of Martinique. For a few months theship was attached to the Channel Fleet, and thensuddenly, in 1795, was ordered to the West Indiesagain. Here he remained until 1802, duringwhich period he was twice attacked by yellowfever.
The author was engaged in upwards of eighteenboat actions, in one