Notebook kept by the Reverend Octavius R. F. Hughes, HMS MERCURY, China Station, 1891-1896.

The volume mainly consists of notes on the ship's company, arranged alphabetically by surname. There is some loose material including letters, papers relating to the ship's Recreation Club and a speech given at an annual meeting of St Peter's Branch of the Missions to Seamen's Society, Hong Kong. See full list in printed catalogue for further details.

Record Details

Item reference: REC/56; MS1984/015
Catalogue Section: Manuscript volumes acquired singly by the Museum
Level: ITEM
Date made: 1891-1896
Creator: Hughes, Octavius Rutherford Foster
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London