“I think I should make up in perserverance what I might want in sense”
– James Fitzjames in a letter to John Barrow jr, 1844

Welcome to this website dedicated to Captain James Fitzjames of the Royal Navy.
The purpose of this website is to offer an overview of information, research and resources. Most of all it is meant as a tribute and memorial to a remarkable man whose life story reads like an adventure novel.

Daguerreotype by Richard Beard (taken on 15-16 May 1845 in Greenhithe)
©Sotheby’s (hair colourised by me with FaceApp/Adobe Photoshop)

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HMS Clio and HMS Erebus, Fitzjames’ first and last command
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