Xerox copies of the Crew List of the DISCOVERY, and two typescript documents.
Xerox copies of the Crew List of a 1902 voyage of the DISCOVERY, with a photocopy of a typed cover page; a typescript list of Ships Built in Ipswich, 1700-1749; a note about British Trade with Buenos Aires, between October 1817 and May 1818, both by A.G.E. Jones.
Administrative / biographical background
RRS Discovery was the last traditional wooden three-masted ship to be built in Britain. Designed for Antarctic research, it was launched as a Royal Research Ship (RRS) in 1901. Its first mission was the British National Antarctic Expedition, carrying Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton on their first, successful journey to the Antarctic, known as the Discovery Expedition.
Administrative / biographical background
RRS Discovery was the last traditional wooden three-masted ship to be built in Britain. Designed for Antarctic research, it was launched as a Royal Research Ship (RRS) in 1901. Its first mission was the British National Antarctic Expedition, carrying Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton on their first, successful journey to the Antarctic, known as the Discovery Expedition.
Record Details
| Item reference: | XADL/4; MSS/69/064 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Copies of manuscripts not held in the Museum collections |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- Letter from Richard Haig, Greenwich Hospital to Mrs Coward, announcing that her son will be appointed Masters' Assistant in the Royal Navy. (Manuscript) (XADL/1)
- Certificate showing that Robert Walker, seaman, was a citizen of the U.S.A. to prevent him being impressed. (Manuscript) (XADL/2)
- Xerox copies of documents relating to naval administration, and a copy of a document relating to William Herschel's association with Halifax. (Manuscript) (XADL/3)
- Xerox copies of the Crew List of the DISCOVERY, and two typescript documents. (Manuscript) (XADL/4)
- John Jervis, holograph to Phillip Stephens, describing action against the French in the West Indies. (Manuscript) (XAGC/1)
- Viscount Keppel, holograph to Jervis, about charges made against him by Sir Hugh Palliser. (Manuscript) (XAGC/2)
- Viscount Horatio Nelson. Page of notes concerning appointments. (Manuscript) (XAGC/3)
- Viscount Horatio Nelson, letter to Sir William Botton concerning the movements of a Spanish frigate, HMS VICTORY. (Manuscript) (XAGC/4)
- Viscount Horatio Nelson. Letter to Sir Morton Eden concerning the political and military situation in Italy. (Manuscript) (XAGC/5)
- Prince Rupert, to Sir William Coventry from Sheerness; and Viscount Horatio Nelson to Lady Hamilton. (Manuscript) (XAGC/6)
- Archibald Buchanan. 15 letters to his mother and brothers written when midshipman on board HMS MONARCH and HMS ARIADNE. (Manuscript) (XAGC/7)
- The Spiro collection of Nelson letters and Lady Hamilton letters. (Manuscript) (XAGC/8)
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