Personal journal of Stanley Lawrence Albert Ball on board RMS MAURENTANIA.

Journal of RMS MAURETANIA and a ship not named, Southampton to New York and San Francisco - South America and back to Ipswich, (26 March 1919 - 23 October 1919). Includes a visit to Pitcairn Island 9 June 1919 with the retelling of the Bounty Mutiny with photographs and newspaper clippings through out.

Administrative / biographical background
The MEDWAY was a four masted barque, prevouisly called AMA BEGNAKOA, in 1910 it was purchased from Sota y Aznar, Montevideo and renamed MEDWAY and used as training ship by Devitt and Moore Ocean Training Ship Limited. In 1918 it was sold to Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co., converted to steam tanker and renamed Myr Shell then scrapped in 1933.

Record Details

Item reference: JOD/318/2
Catalogue Section: Manuscript volumes acquired singly by the Museum
Level: ITEM
Date made: 1919-03-26 - 1919-10-23
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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