A printed poem titled a tragedy on HMS DAUNTLESS, 33 guns.
Printed poem about the tragic voyage of HMS DAUNTLESS, 1852 relating to the outbreak of yellow fever that killed many of her crew.
Administrative / biographical background
In November 1852, while on passage from the Virgin Islands to Barbados, an outbreak of yellow fever killed ten of her crew, while a further 73 died of the disease in hospital at Barbados.
Administrative / biographical background
In November 1852, while on passage from the Virgin Islands to Barbados, an outbreak of yellow fever killed ten of her crew, while a further 73 died of the disease in hospital at Barbados.
Record Details
| Item reference: | HSR/D/10; MSS/74/043 MS1974/043 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Manuscript documents acquired singly by the Museum |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Extent: | folder |
| Date made: | 1852-01-01 - ?; 1852 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- Report of the capture of Cadiz, 1596. (Manuscript) (HSR/A/1)
- Examination of Nicholas Gattonsby, Master of the WORCESTER, before Admiral Robert Blake, 22 January 1652. (Manuscript) (HSR/A/2)
- Report to King Charles II of an action fought against the Dutch, June 1666, by Prince Rupert and the Duke of Albermarle. (Manuscript) (HSR/A/3)
- Logbook of the CENTURION, on passage from Cadiz to England, 13-19 August 1674. (Manuscript) (HSR/A/4)
- That our misfortunes att sea doe happen by carrying on the war in the wrong place, 1690. (Manuscript) (HSR/A/5)
- Treaty of the Surrender of the Scilly Isles by the Royalists, 1651. (Manuscript) (HSR/A/6)
- Draft account of the examination of Captain James Waller, Lt-Governor of Kinsale, before Sir Richard Pyne, Lord chief Justice, on a charge of embezzlement, ca.1697; and a memorandum to Waller from L. Corneille, from Fort Charles 1694. (Manuscript) (HSR/A/7)
- A Treatise of All the Sea Voyages in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth I with the names of the ship and the commanders, voyage, escapes, errors for future warning. (Manuscript) (HSR/A/8)
- Copy of a letter from Brest, 31 July 1778, respecting the action between the French fleet and Admiral Keppel. (Manuscript) (HSR/B/1)
- Captain Lucius O'Brien's account of engaging two French ships of war, 17 May 1756. (Manuscript) (HSR/B/2)
- Account of the taking of the French ship L'ESPERANCE by the LYME and the ORFORD, 13 November 1755. (Manuscript) (HSR/B/3)
- Account of the sighting of the French ship L'ESPERANCE by the LYME and the ORFORD, 13 November 1755. (Manuscript) (HSR/B/4)
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