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1. COMMANDER WILLIAM GEORGE HENRY3 SKYRING  (GEORGE2, WILLIAM1) was born Abt. 12 Mar 1797 in England, and died 23 Dec 1833 in Cape Roxo, West Africa. He married SARAH LEWIN STONEHAM, daughter of JOHN STONEHAM and CHARLOTTE LEWIN. She was born Abt. 1804, and died Abt. Nov 1888 in England.

Notes for COMMANDER WILLIAM GEORGE HENRY SKYRING: Will dated 5 Nov. 1833 Proved PCC 13 Sept. 1834 Murdered by natives Cape Roxo, West Africa 23/12/1833 carrying out Marine Surveys on the ship "Aetna". Was a Lieutenant on "Beagle" exploring Skyring Water North of the Straits of Magellan.

BEAGLE,4. (1820 Woolwich. 'Cherokee'. Sold 187O) 1825 Pringle STOKES, 9/25, Woolwich. 1826- ditto, South America. BEAGLE was placed under the orders of Capt KING of ADVENTURE to Survey and chart the coast line of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego. The two vessels entered the Straits of Magellan on 19 December 1826 but because of severe gales they did not reach Port Famine near the southern end of the Brunswick Peninsular until 6 January. While ADVENTURE remained there with the HOPE tender, BEAGLE proceeded to the western extremity of the straits. Here Lieut. William George SKYRING in the tender ADELAIDE surveyed all the coast from the Gulf of Penasto to the southward of the Guanaco Islands. BEAGLE fixed the position of Cape Pilar on the Isle of Desolation before joining ADVENTURE at Port Famine at the beginning of March, and early in April the two vessels sailed for Monte Video. Capt. STOKES, suffering from overwork, took his own life in August 1828 and was succeeded in the command of BEAGLE by Lieut. SKYRING. BEAGLE was found to be so rotten on her return that she was practically rebuilt in Plymouth before her next voyage. 1830 Robert FITZROY, 11/29. 'The Darwin Expedition'. The main aims of the voyage were to chart the South American coast and carry out a series of chronological readings around the world. BEAGLE sailed from Plymouth on 27 December 1831, after two false starts on the 10th and 21st, carrying 74 people. Until the summer of 1834 she worked along the east coast then sailed through the Beagle Channel to the south of Tierra del Fuego into the Pacific were she spent some 14 months along the coast of Chile. To the Galapagos Is. on 16 September 1835 and Tahiti on 15 November. After visiting New Zealand, Sydney and Tasmania between December 1835 and February 1836 she sailed across the Indian Ocean via the Cocos Is. and Mauritius to round the Cape during June. After visiting St Helena and Ascension she crossed the Atlantic to Bahia to complete the chain of chronometer readings. BEAGLE arrived at Falmouth on 2 October 1836 after nearly five years away. 1838- J.C. WICKHAM, 2/37, surveying on the Australian station. From 1846 she was used as a Customs watch vessel. She was renamed WV.7 in May 1863 and sold to Murray and Trainer in May 1870.

AETNA,6.Bomb. (1824 Chatham. 378bm. Sold 1846) 1824 In May 1824 Williams SAND0M commissioned her at Spithead and she was at Gibraltar, fully manned and stored for action against Algiers, fourteen days after she left the stocks. 1827 T.E. H0STE, 12/27, Woolwich. 1828 Stephen LUSHINGT0N, 5/28, Mediterranean. In 0ctober she joined an Anglo/French squadron consisting of BL0NDE, Edmond LY0NS, LA DUCHESSE DE BERRI, C0NQUERANT, L'ARMIDE and LA DID0N, to attack Morea Castle at Patras (Patrai) in Greece, the last stronghold of the Turks in the Peloponnisos. Four 18-pounders were landed from each ship on the 18th and a party of officers and seamen mounted them in batteries but their fire over a period of eight days was insufficient to overcome the defences. 0n the 29th a breaching battery of 24-pounders was landed and during the night AETNA worked up under reefed courses and close-reefed topsails to anchor within 800 yards of the castle. At daylight a tremendous fire was opened on the enemy which resulted in unconditional surrender in four hours. During the action Lieut. George Logan of the Royal Marine Artillery fired 102 shells from AETNA into the castle, only the first four overshooting. Lieut. Baldwin WALKER, first of AETNA, was commended by Capt. LY0NS in his report to Vice-Ad. MALC0LM. 1829 Robert INGRAM, 10/29, Mediterranean. 1831 Edward BELCHER, 5/30, survey of the Arguin shoals some 120 miles off the east African coast on which the French frigate MEDUSE had been wrecked on 2 July 1816 while on her way to Senegal. (149 survivors were abandoned on a raft with only a few casks of wine. Twelve days later the frigate ARGUS found only 15 wretches still alive). After 7 months on the African station, during which time AETNA surveyed the coast between Cape Blanco and the Rio Grande, BELCHER was forced to return home to Portsmouth on 14 August 1831 due to scurvy in the crew. Following her return two courts-martial were held at Spithead. In one, on 25 and 26 August 1831, Lieut. Francis Godolphin B0ND was admonished for negligence in allowing two Kroomen to desert at Sierra Leone and for neglecting to watch out for recall signals from the ship while the boats were away watering at the Los Is. In the second, on 23 and 24 September, Midshipman Henry Grainger BACKH0USE was found guilty of insolent conduct towards Cdr. BELCHER and insubordination in quitting the ship in defiance of the 1st Lieutenant (Mr Thomas MITCHELL, who had joined since the AETNA arrived home, superceeding Lieut. Quin) who had refused him leave of absence. He was dismissed his ship. Among those called as witnesses were:- Ass. Surveyor, Lieut. Alfred MILES. Master, Mr J0HNS0N. Second Master, Mr STR0NG, Gunner, Edward CRAYD0N. Boatswain, John HARRIS0N. Carpenter, Joseph SHILLET0. Mate, Mr R0BERTS0N. Midshipman R. H0PKINS. Clerk, Mr H00PER. Surgeon, Francis L0GAN. Serjeant of marines, John INGLE. Marine Samuel ADNEY. At the end of 1832 AETNA was stationed in the River Douro during the Portuguese civil war as part of the British squadron under William GLASC0CK in 0RESTES. 0n the 19 November her tender, the cutter RAVEN, Lieut. William ARLETT, which had been taking soundings outside the bar, came under fire from Don Miguel's forces. Capt. BELCHER, realising that RAVEN could not distinguish the signal to remain at sea, went down river in his own boat to warn her. He came along side as the forts were still firing the last of some 15 rounds. 0n 23 November two British brigs were fired on as they tried to run the blockade, one being hulled. The shots passed between the masts of AETNA and 0RESTES, but without damaging either vessel. 0n 2 February 1833 three shots were fired at a boat belonging to AETNA as she was returning from an attempt to speak with RHADAMANTHUS outside the bar. Another of AETNA's boats had to be beached north of 0porto after being caught outside in a gale, Lieut. LEGARD nearly losing his life. The crew had been away from the ship for 24 days when they returned on 6 February having been shot at by both sides. Twelve days later large pieces of shell fell on board AETNA, fortunately without causing any injuries. Towards the end of April 1833 AETNA was ordered to Lisbon prior to going to the Mediterranean to survey the Esquirques (or Skerki) reefs across the entrance to the Sicilian Channel. They lie between 50 and 100 miles N.E. of Bizerta in Tunisia and had first been been surveyed by Captain URBAN. In a chart of 1810 they are shown as consisting of two reefs of large rocks lying about two miles apart surrounded by a bank of sand. She returned to Portsmouth in August and paid off on 10 September 1833. 1833 William George SKYRING, 20.9/33. William ARLETT (act), 12/33, coast of Africa. 1836- Capt. Alexander VIDAL, 10/35, Africa. 1839 Lieut. John WILS0N, 1/39, Woolwich. 1844 Devonport. 12:46, 20 May 2021 (UTC)12:46, 20 May 2021 (UTC)12:46, 20 May 2021 (UTC)12:46, 20 May 2021 (UTC)12:46, 20 May 2021 (UTC)12:46, 20 May 2021 (UTC)12:46, 20 May 2021 (UTC)~ For the Picture in the scapbook

Two large sounds, Seno Skyring and Seno Otway were gouged out by glaciers descending from the Andes to the west. They were explored by Captain Fitzroy and the H. M. S. Beagle on the voyage that preceded the epic journey of discovery on which Charles Darwinwas the ship's naturalist. This view shows the north shore of Seno Skyring and the Andes in the distance. The two sounds are separated by Isla Riesco. The road between the sounds runs along the Fitzroy Channel which connects the two.

More About COMMANDER WILLIAM GEORGE HENRY SKYRING: Baptism: 12 Mar 1797, St. Geogre the Matyr, Canterbury, England Cause of Death: Murdered by natives: ship "Aetna" Obituary: 03 Mar 1834, London Times Will: 05 Nov 1833, 13/9/1834 Will proved PCC

Notes for SARAH LEWIN STONEHAM: "Practical Family History" magazine -CD October 2006: (1) Pg 40 : Admiralty- Civil Department, Somerset House. : Director of Architecture & Engineering Works. (under) Capt Henry Brandreth, R.E FRS. Housekeepers, Miss Magdelan, Malcolm Graham & Mrs Sarah Lewin SKYRING
 * "London 1846 Post Office Directory."

More About SARAH LEWIN STONEHAM: Burial: 13 Nov 1888, Abney Park Cemetery, London England Burial Number: 082503 Burial Plot: Section L06 Index 3S09 Children of WILLIAM SKYRING and SARAH STONEHAM are: i.	GEORGE WILLIAM4 SKYRING, b. 23 May 1832, England; d. 15 Aug 1866, England.

Notes for GEORGE WILLIAM SKYRING: Unmarried

More About GEORGE WILLIAM SKYRING: Burial: 18 Aug 1866, Abney Park Cemetery, London, England Burial Number: 037917 Burial Plot: Location L06, Index 1S13 Occupation: Clerk in Lloyds Bank

ii. CHARLOTTE MASON SKYRING, b. 19 Jun 1833, England; d. 09 Sep 1849, M.I. Greenwich Churchyard.