Uncatalogued: 20 volumes, including some logs from the D.R. Foote Collection. Late Nineteenth Early Twentieth Century.

2 Boxes - Box 1) 8 Large logbooks and a notebook concerning 'Transfer of Registered and Charged Parcels and Packets during Deliverey'. 5 of the logbooks relate to the SS SANTA MARIA, and cover a period stretching between 1885 and 1891. The remaining 3 cover the R.Y.S. Schooner BEATRICE for the year 1860, and Esmeralda for the years 1847 and 48 respectively. Box 2) A further 4 log books, a journal which has been used as a note book and a price list for items relating to biographies of royal navy ships. The log books relate to the ESMERALDA (1849), the BEATRICE (1861), the SANTA MARIA (1893) and the CAMILLA (1853). The journal contains research notes on torpedoes among other subjects, and contains various diagrams and tables relating to this. Package 1) 4 Additional log books: SANTA MARIA (1893 and 1894) and CAMILLA (1852 and 1854). Package 2) Large tome concerning the collision of the S.S. BANNOCKBURN and the S.S. JAMES WESTOLL, with a focus on the apportionment of recovered cargo and special charges.

Record Details

Item reference: MSS/70/022
Catalogue Section: Uncatalogued material
Level: COLLECTION
Date made: 1852-1893
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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