Frederick Hoffman

A Sailor of King George Frederick Hoffman

A Sailor of King George is a classic sea adventure biography by Frederick Hoffman. In a memorial presented in 1835 to the Lords of the Admiralty, the author of the journals which form this volume details his various services. He joined the Navy in October, 1793, his first ship being H. M. S. Blonde. He was present at the siege of Martinique in 1794, and returned to England the same year in H. M. S. Hannibal with despatches and the colours of Martinique. It appears that he wrote these records of his life while residing at Dover in 1838. He evidently intended to have them published, but for some reason or another they have never hitherto been printed.