Letters relating to Bermuda, 1864-1870.
Letters relating to James Francis Ballard Wainwright’s appointment as captain of the floating battery HMS TERROR (1856), base ship at Bermuda in 1864-1869:
(1) Letter confirming arrangements for a passage to Bermuda for Wainwright’s family on the mail steamer leaving Liverpool on 29 October 1864, sent by the Department of the Director of Transports, dated 7 October 1864.
(2) Letter to Wainwright with extracts from a report by Captain Henry Boys of HMS WARRIOR (1860), discussing measures taken for the navigation of a floating dock through the narrows at Bermuda, sent by Vernon Lushington, Second Secretary to the Admiralty, dated 14 September 1869.
(3) Letter from Lieutenant Charles W. Ross on HMS TERROR (1856), enclosing a log of the proceedings of the Bermuda floating dock between 27 July 1869 and 31 July 1869, both dated 17 November 1869.
(4) Letter from Ross, confirming dates of receipt of Admiralty letters at Bermuda and discussing other news, dated 17 February 1870.
(1) Letter confirming arrangements for a passage to Bermuda for Wainwright’s family on the mail steamer leaving Liverpool on 29 October 1864, sent by the Department of the Director of Transports, dated 7 October 1864.
(2) Letter to Wainwright with extracts from a report by Captain Henry Boys of HMS WARRIOR (1860), discussing measures taken for the navigation of a floating dock through the narrows at Bermuda, sent by Vernon Lushington, Second Secretary to the Admiralty, dated 14 September 1869.
(3) Letter from Lieutenant Charles W. Ross on HMS TERROR (1856), enclosing a log of the proceedings of the Bermuda floating dock between 27 July 1869 and 31 July 1869, both dated 17 November 1869.
(4) Letter from Ross, confirming dates of receipt of Admiralty letters at Bermuda and discussing other news, dated 17 February 1870.
Record Details
| Item reference: | ADL/Z/63/3; MS1970/017 MSS/70/017 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Manuscript documents acquired singly by the Museum |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Extent: | 1 folder |
| Date made: | 1864-1870 |
| Creator: | Ross, Staff Charles Wilsone |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- Appointments and promotions of James Francis Ballard Wainwright, 1846-1869. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/63/1)
- Service documents of James Francis Ballard Wainwright, 1835-1871. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/63/2)
- Letters relating to Bermuda, 1864-1870. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/63/3)
- Other papers of James Francis Ballard Wainwright. (Manuscript) (ADL/Z/63/4)
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