G.A. Rooke log book 1891-1893 Rooke, G. A. log book

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G.A. Rooke log book 1891-1893 Rooke, G. A. log book

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Log book kept by G.A. Rooke of the Royal Navy while aboard four different ships: the HMS , the HMS , the HMS , and the HMS . Various manuscript maps, watercolors, and sketches of scenery and ships illustrate the log. Camperdown Rodney Australia Champion

266 pages

eng,

William L. Clements Library

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William L. Clements Library

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Australia (Ship)

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Camperdown (Ship)

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Champion (Ship : 1833-1871)

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Whaling vessel, out of New Bedford, Mass., mastered by William B. Waterman, on voyage 22 Sept 1852-4 July 1855 to the Galapagos Island, Okhotsk Sea, Shanter Island, and French Rock whaling grounds; owner-agent: James D. Thompson; built at Medford, Mass., 1821. From the description of Logbook, 1852 Sept. 22-1855 July 3. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70966931 Whaling vessel, out of Edgartown, Mass., mastered by Henry Colt, on voyage 16 Aug. 18...

Great Britain. Royal Navy

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Richard Howe, Earl Howe, was born in London, England, on March 19, 1726, the son of Emanuel Scrope Howe (1699-1735) and Mary Sophia Charlotte von Kielmansegg (1703-1782). Around 1735, he joined the crew of the merchant ship Thames, and in July 1739 he joined the 40-gun Royal Navy ship Pearl . Howe then served on several ships in the Caribbean and off the South American coast. After being promoted to lieutenant in 1744 and post captain in 1746, he continued his military service in th...

Rooke, G. A.

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G. A. Rooke, a member of the Royal Navy, kept ships' logs for four different ships between the years 1891 and 1893. These ships were stationed almost exclusively around Northwestern Europe and in the Western Mediterranean. The four ships were the HMS Camperdown, the HMS Rodney, the HMS Australia, and the HMS Champion. The HMS Camperdown was a battleship built in 1885 and commissioned in July 1889. During the time Rooke kept this log (in 1891), HMS Camperdown was a flagsh...

Rodney (Ship)

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