Journal kept on HMS MALACCA, HMS DONEGAL and HMS SYLVIA, 1868-1873.
Journal kept by Holland as a lieutenant serving in the Americas and Canada on board HMS MALACCA - 1 January1868-28 August 1869 (follows on from HND/101/3); at Portsmouth and passage to Hong Kong - HMS DONEGAL - 16 November 1869-4 May 1870; the Inland Sea of Japan on board the survey ship HMS SYLVIA - 4 May 1870-24 March 1873. It documents routine activities and conditions, and contains some detailed and descriptive accounts of events and local peoples/places. There is some interesting discussion on earthquakes in Chile/Peru and Jamaica. During his passage to join the SYLVIA in Hong Kong, his ship was accompanied by HMS MONARCH, bearing the remains of the American philanthropist George Peabody back to his homeland.
Record Details
| Item reference: | HND/101/4 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Personal collections |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Extent: | 1 volume |
| Date made: | 1868-01-01 - 1873-03-24 |
| Creator: | Holland, Cedric Swinton |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- Midshipman's journal kept on HMS MARLBOROUGH, December 1858 to January 1863. (Manuscript) (HND/101/1)
- Midshipman's journal kept on HMS MARLBOROUGH, January 1863 to September 1863. (Manuscript) (HND/101/2)
- Journal kept on HMS MARLBOROUGH, HMS WIVERN and HMS MALACCA, 1863-1867. (Manuscript) (HND/101/3)
- Journal kept on HMS MALACCA, HMS DONEGAL and HMS SYLVIA, 1868-1873. (Manuscript) (HND/101/4)
- Journal kept on HMS SYLVIA, 1871. (Manuscript) (HND/101/5)
- Extract from a journal kept on HMS AUSTRALIA during the International Naval Review at New York, 1893. (Manuscript) (HND/101/6)
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