Talk:Sea Fencibles

Master and Commander
I believe the character in Master and Commander was once in charge of the Fencibles. Might be a good idea to put it in under "fictional characters", or something.


 * Indeed so; he was assigned as a commander of them in between The Mauritius Command and Desolation Island. Since it's only mentioned in passing, though, it can be assumed that nothing of importance happened. 86.11.124.189 07:47, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Honor Harrington
Useless trivia of the day: In the short story Deck Load Strike from the anthology Worlds of Honor, fictional Sea Fencibles in the future take a major role.

United States Sea Fencibles
I would suggest that this article be split into two parts, one British and the other American. The title is misleading and certain parts refer only to British organizations while other parts refer to the extensive American defence corps called Sea Fencibles.Block1945 (talk) 13:48, 11 April 2010 (UTC)
 * I agree and have done so see this link which created an article called Sea Fencibles (American) using text ut from this article. -- PBS (talk) 18:06, 29 March 2019 (UTC)

Confederate Sea Fencibles
A unit of sea fencibles were raised in Charleston, SC in August of 1861-known as Symon's Sea Fencibles. Little is known of their participation in the Civil War. The captain promised them 15 dollars a month for pay as was the monthly pay of the United States Navy but the Confederate Government was only willing to pay them 11 dollars a month. After September 1861, the group fell off the radar, but it is possible they stayed together throughout the whole war. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.58.198.103 (talk) 03:51, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

Not militia
Fencible units were not militia. From Scottish Highland Fencible Corps article: "Unlike the militia regiments which were raised by ballot, the fencibles were to be raised by the ordinary mode of recruiting, and like the regiments of the line, the officers were to be appointed, and their commissions signed by the king". -- PBS (talk) 16:57, 16 March 2019 (UTC)