Journal kept by Richard Cotten on HMS BACCHANTE and HMS SPHINX in the East Indies, 1885-1887
Journal kept by Richard Cotten on HMS BACCHANTE (1876), flagship of Rear-Admiral Sir Frederick W. Richards in the East Indies, between 25 April 1885 and 3 April 1886; then on HMS SPHINX (1882), between 4 April 1886 and 3 July 1886. The list of places visited shows that the SPHINX paid-off at Bombay on 18 March 1887 and Cotten returned home to Portsmouth on the troopship HMS ORONTES (1862). Inserted in the volume is a card with printed instructions for fitting torpedoes.
Record Details
| Item reference: | JOD/119/2; MS1970/032 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Manuscript volumes acquired singly by the Museum |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Extent: | 1 volume |
| Date made: | 1885-1887 |
| Creator: | Petty Officer Richard Cotten |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- Journal kept by Richard Cotten on HMS COMUS, 1879-1886 (Manuscript) (JOD/119/1)
- Journal kept by Richard Cotten on HMS BACCHANTE and HMS SPHINX in the East Indies, 1885-1887 (Manuscript) (JOD/119/2)
- Book of poems kept by Richard Cotten in HMS COMUS, 1883 (Manuscript) (JOD/119/3)
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