Uncatalogued: Notes on warships by Gerald John Blake
Handwritten notes on warships by Gerald John Blake, made on loose sheets, folded inside hard covers:
‘British Navy 1852-1890’ contains particulars and some small profile and deck drawings, covering British battleships, cruisers, corvettes, sloops, river gunboats, torpedo boats, other craft, reconstructions and guns.
‘Old Navy’ contains particulars of ironclads and other warships belonging to foreign nations including the USA, Turkey, Italy, Russia, Germany and France, circa 1850-1895. There are also notes on HMS DUKE OF EDINBURGH (1904) and other battleships of the same class.
‘British Navy 1852-1890’ contains particulars and some small profile and deck drawings, covering British battleships, cruisers, corvettes, sloops, river gunboats, torpedo boats, other craft, reconstructions and guns.
‘Old Navy’ contains particulars of ironclads and other warships belonging to foreign nations including the USA, Turkey, Italy, Russia, Germany and France, circa 1850-1895. There are also notes on HMS DUKE OF EDINBURGH (1904) and other battleships of the same class.
Record Details
| Item reference: | MSS/74/140; MS1974/140 MSS/74/140 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Uncatalogued material |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Date made: | circa 1905 |
| Creator: | Blake, Gerald John |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- Probate of Richard Kempenfelt, 5 September 1782 (Manuscript) (MSS/74/001)
- Journals kept by C R Hemans, 1898 - 1902 (Manuscript) (MSS/74/002)
- Papers relating to George Kemp, Chief Petty Officer, 1884-1905 (Manuscript) (MSS/74/003)
- International Union of Marine Insurance Paper, Venice Conference, 1973 (Manuscript) (MSS/74/004)
- Orders of HMS ARETHUSA, Captain Coffin 1811-1813 (Manuscript) (MSS/74/005)
- Copy of a letter from Plymouth describing Napoleon Bonaparte on board HMS BELLEROPHON; 11 August 1815 (Manuscript) (MSS/74/006)
- Copies of Mathew Flinder's Papers in the Hydrographic Department (copy print) (MSS/74/008)
- Certificate of completion of apprenticeship and reference signed by Hy Cornelius, owner of the FANNY FORRESTER, 8 July 1862 (Manuscript) (MSS/74/009)
- General and vocabulary signals, HMS BRITANNIA, 1861 (Manuscript) (MSS/74/011)
- Affectionate Advice to Apprentices, Steam Manual for the Fleet, 1905 (Manuscript) (MSS/74/012)
- Cuttings and notes relating to the Lang family of Shipwrights & Surveyors, 19th Cent (Manuscript) (MSS/74/013)
- Copy of an Account of Battle of Calabria by midshipman David Bethune, 18 July 1940 (Manuscript) (MSS/74/014)
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