I dont think it will have been my JC - letter too articulate and with fond memories of family.
I actually emailed museum yday to ask what naval records they may have. My thoughts were to wait til they replied and then take out a subscription (having made a list of everything I want to look up in the time the sub allowed). Do you think they will have anything/much or shall I get on and take out the 7hrs now (mainly to look at those newspaper reports in 1890s)?