Marine census puzzler.....

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Marine census puzzler.....

Post by reporter » Tue Jan 10, 2006 4:41 pm

Hello all. My grandfather James Henderson Adamson served with the Royal Marines Artillery on the cruiser HMS Imperieuse standing off an aboriginal indian reservation on Vancouver Island 1896-1899. Any of our Canadian members know the reason for presence of Royal Britanic heavies? :?:
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Post by joette » Mon Jan 16, 2006 4:47 pm

This site might give you an answer.Good hunting.There is an e-mail address for the library where you can post queries too on this site.
http://www.navalandmilitarymuseum.org
Researching:SCOTT,Taylor,Young,VEITCH LINLEY,MIDLOTHIAN
WADDELL,ROSS,TORRANCE,GOVAN/DALMUIR/Clackmanannshire
CARR/LEITCH-Scotland,Ireland(County Donegal)
LINLEY/VEITCH-SASK.Canada
ALSO BROWN,MCKIMMIE,MCDOWALL,FRASER.
Greer/Grier,Jenkins/Jankins
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Post by Skywave » Thu Jan 19, 2006 6:54 pm

Repoter,
This might help:

HMS Imperieuse, Royal Navy armoured cruiser built at Portsmouth Dockyard and launched on 18th December 1883. HMS Imperieuse served as flagship to the China Station 1889-1894 and moving to the Pacific Station 1896 -1899. She became a destroyer depot ship at Portland in 1905 and was renamed HMS Sapphire but reverting to HMS Imperieuse again in 1909. She was finally scrapped on 24th September 1914.

http://talkingscot.com/gallery/displayi ... p?pos=-369

Ron
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