John Marshall also captained the Scarborough on her second voyage transporting convicts to Australia in 1790, but the convicts coming aboard were in poor health and many did not survive the voyage; this, combined with an attempted seizure of the ship by the convicts, deterred him from any further voyages of transportation.
During the Napoleonic Wars of 1803 to 1815, as captain of the ship Diana, he was severely wounded while repulsing an attack by a French privateer.
John Marshall died in 1819 at the age of 71.
ReferencesEdit
^ Samuel Eliot Morison (22 May 1944). "The Gilberts & Marshalls: A distinguished historian recalls the past of two recently captured pacific groups". Life. Retrieved 14 October 2009.
^The Gilberts and Marshalls by Samuel Eliot Morison in Life 22 May 1944
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john, marshall, royal, navy, officer, born, 1748, other, people, named, john, marshall, john, marshall, disambiguation, captain, john, marshall, marshallese, ajeļ, february, 1748, february, 1747, 1819, british, explorer, pacific, marshall, islands, named, afte. For other people named John Marshall see John Marshall disambiguation Captain John Marshall RN Marshallese Jo o n M ajel 26 February 1748 NS 15 February 1747 OS 1819 was a British explorer of the Pacific The Marshall Islands are named after him John MarshallBorn 1748 02 26 26 February 1748Ramsgate Great BritainDied1819 aged 71 Allegiance Great BritainService wbr branch Royal NavyRankCaptainCommands heldScarboroughDianaBattles warsAmerican Revolutionary WarNapoleonic WarsBiography EditMarshall born in Ramsgate Kent England became an apprentice sailor at age ten and spent his life at sea He saw action during the American Revolutionary War of 1778 to 1783 In 1788 he captained Scarborough a ship of the First Fleet taking convicts from England to Botany Bay 1 in New South Wales He then sailed from Australia to China charting previously unknown islands mainly some of Gilbert Islands and Marshall Islands as well as a new trade route to Canton present day Guangzhou 2 The islands which he had originally called Lord Mulgrove s range were later when named by Thomas Gilbert 3 the Marshall Islands John Marshall also captained the Scarborough on her second voyage transporting convicts to Australia in 1790 but the convicts coming aboard were in poor health and many did not survive the voyage this combined with an attempted seizure of the ship by the convicts deterred him from any further voyages of transportation During the Napoleonic Wars of 1803 to 1815 as captain of the ship Diana he was severely wounded while repulsing an attack by a French privateer John Marshall died in 1819 at the age of 71 References Edit Samuel Eliot Morison 22 May 1944 The Gilberts amp Marshalls A distinguished historian recalls the past of two recently captured pacific groups Life Retrieved 14 October 2009 Barrie Macdonald 1982 Cinderellas of the Empire towards a history of Kiribati and Tuvalu Australian National University Press ISBN 982 02 0335 X Retrieved 14 October 2009 The Gilberts and Marshalls by Samuel Eliot Morison in Life 22 May 1944 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John Marshall Royal Navy officer born 1748 amp oldid 1173421376, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
