Volume 5 of the memoir written by Crowe, covering the years 1854-1856.
Volume 5 of the memoir written by Crowe, covering the years 1854-1856. This volume describes a voyage on the HURKARU (1853) from Melbourne to Hong Kong, then home to London. During a typhoon in the South China Sea, the ship was thrown on her beam ends and dismasted. Later Crowe supervised the completion of the EARL OF WINDSOR (1855) by the Willmett shipbuilding yard at Newport, Monmouthshire, and was master on her maiden voyage to Calcutta.
Record Details
| Item reference: | BGR/52/5; REG12/000083.5 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Manuscript volumes acquired singly by the Museum |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Date made: | circa 1886; circa 1886-1889 |
| Creator: | Crowe, James Henry |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- Volume 1 of the memoir written by Crowe, covering the years 1821-1844. (Memoir) (BGR/52/1)
- Volume 2 of the memoir written by Crowe, covering the years 1844-1847. (Memoir) (BGR/52/2)
- Volume 3 of the memoir written by Crowe, covering the years 1847-1850. (Memoir) (BGR/52/3)
- Volume 4 of the memoir written by Crowe, covering the years 1850-1854. (Memoir) (BGR/52/4)
- Volume 5 of the memoir written by Crowe, covering the years 1854-1856. (Memoir) (BGR/52/5)
- Volume 6 of the memoir written by Crowe, covering the years 1856-1858. (Manuscript) (BGR/52/6)
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