NAM.2001-02-327-4

Manuscript copy of a letter to Admiral Lord Clarence Paget, 1st Secretary to the Lords of the Admiralty from St Helier, Jersey, 1 Nov 1862. Capt John Addison requests that the accompanying proposal for a method of destroying iron-clad ships be laid before the Lords of the Admiralty. From a collection of papers concerning inventions, relating to naval warfare, submitted to the War Department by Capt John Addison, late Bombay Army, 1845-1865.