Two reports from HMS WILD SWAN relating to the evacuation of Boulogne (Operation XD), May 1940
Both reports are annotated 'Personal Copy' on the front page and 'Younghusband' on the back page. The item also contains a certificate of appointment as Sub-Lieutenant for John Leslie Younghusband, dated 1918.
Record Details
| Item reference: | HSR/D/11; MSS/68/093 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Manuscript documents acquired singly by the Museum |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Extent: | 1 folder: 15 sheets |
| Date made: | 1918-1940; 1940 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- Report of the capture of Cadiz, 1596. (Manuscript) (HSR/A/1)
- Examination of Nicholas Gattonsby, Master of the WORCESTER, before Admiral Robert Blake, 22 January 1652. (Manuscript) (HSR/A/2)
- Report to King Charles II of an action fought against the Dutch, June 1666, by Prince Rupert and the Duke of Albermarle. (Manuscript) (HSR/A/3)
- Logbook of the CENTURION, on passage from Cadiz to England, 13-19 August 1674. (Manuscript) (HSR/A/4)
- That our misfortunes att sea doe happen by carrying on the war in the wrong place, 1690. (Manuscript) (HSR/A/5)
- Treaty of the Surrender of the Scilly Isles by the Royalists, 1651. (Manuscript) (HSR/A/6)
- Draft account of the examination of Captain James Waller, Lt-Governor of Kinsale, before Sir Richard Pyne, Lord chief Justice, on a charge of embezzlement, ca.1697; and a memorandum to Waller from L. Corneille, from Fort Charles 1694. (Manuscript) (HSR/A/7)
- A Treatise of All the Sea Voyages in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth I with the names of the ship and the commanders, voyage, escapes, errors for future warning. (Manuscript) (HSR/A/8)
- Copy of a letter from Brest, 31 July 1778, respecting the action between the French fleet and Admiral Keppel. (Manuscript) (HSR/B/1)
- Captain Lucius O'Brien's account of engaging two French ships of war, 17 May 1756. (Manuscript) (HSR/B/2)
- Account of the taking of the French ship L'ESPERANCE by the LYME and the ORFORD, 13 November 1755. (Manuscript) (HSR/B/3)
- Account of the sighting of the French ship L'ESPERANCE by the LYME and the ORFORD, 13 November 1755. (Manuscript) (HSR/B/4)
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