Crisp Molineux Harridge 1788-1863

POMPEE
(from http://www.cronab.demon.co.uk)
1803- out of commission at Plymouth. 1806 Capt. R. DACRES, flagship of Rear Admiral Sir Sidney SMITH in Mediterranean. With Sir Sidney's squadron consisting of THUNDERER, STANDARD, ENDYMION and ACTIVE, she entered the Dardanelles on the 19 February as part of Vice Admiral Sir John DUCKWORTH's force. They anchored within musket shot of a Turkish squadron consisting of a 64-gun ship, four frigates, four corvettes and four smaller vessels lying under a 31-gun battery on Port Pesquies. Half an hour after the British ships opened fire all the Turkish vessels ran ashore on the Asiatic side except for one corvette and one gunboat which were captured. The redoubt was then carried by Lieutenant Mark OATES with POMPEE's marines after a short bombardment. Five seamen belonging to POMPEE were wounded. POMPEE was undamaged when the squadron returned through the Dardanelles on the 3 March. Later in the year she was with with Rear Admiral KEATS.

VICTORY
(from http://website.lineone.net/~d.bolton/Lastwalls/victory.htm#5)
Victory was commissioned in March 1808 as flagship to Rear Admiral de SAUMAREZ, appointed Commander-in-Chief Baltic. Victory, accompanied by nine sail of the line, five frigates, six sloops, 13 gun-brigs and upwards of 200 sail of transports, departed Yarmouth Roads on May 20th, sailing, in support of the Swedish Alliance, for Gothland which had been invested by Russian forces. By mid November, after an uneventful period in the Baltic, Victory was back at Portsmouth where she reverted to a Private ship under Captain J. C. SEARLE and sailed for the Peninsula to assist in the evacuation of a British Army from Corunna. Returning to Portsmouth, Victory was refitted for work in the Baltic and sailed under the command of Capt. G. J. HOPE to join SAUMAREZ for two seasons in support of British interests in the war with Denmark.  Sir James SAUMAREZ's activities can best be described as a modest success but he proved unable to tempt the Russian Fleet into action.

LOBSTER SMACK INN
(from http://www.canveyislandhistory.com/history.htm)
By far the oldest, and certainly the first fully-licensed, premises on Canvey Island was the Lobster Smack Inn. It nestles conveniently close to the sea wall on the south coast at the furthest end of Haven Road. Indeed this position has been very favourable for passing trade in its time since the waters in the Hole Haven creek are deep, providing a suitable shelter for vessels. The inn has also been known as the Sluice House and the World's End. The wooden structure boasts a lip-tile dating from 1510, although this in itself does not give conclusive proof of age. It is thought that a more reasonable date for its construction would be around the 17th century. The hostelry claims a licence dating from the time of Elizabeth I. It has been described as an unobtrusive but comfortable inn with comparatively lofty rooms, supported by oak beams. A boatman could expect to get   very reasonable bed and board accommodation here, including large four poster beds. The inn was referred to by Dickens in Great Expectations.

Quote from "The Falcon on the Baltic" by E.F.Knight...
HOLY HAVEN is the snuggest little harbour in all the Thames estuary for small craft. There are two houses opposite the anchorage, the coast-guard station and an old-fashioned inn whose eggs and bacon have comforted many a yachtsman. All around extends a flat country of marsh and pasture intersected by broad ditches, looking very much like a Dutch landscape; and the likeness is increased by the presence of quite a fleet of schuyts, for the creek is much frequented by the Dutch eel-boats, the reason being, so a Dutch skipper, whose statement may or may not be true, told me, that the Hollander eels will not live in any British waters save those of the muddy channel that surrounds Canvey Island.