Jukes-Hughes family papers
The collection mainly relates to the naval careers of Captain Edward Glyn de Stryap Jukes-Hughes (1883-1966) and his father Commander Robert Jukes Hughes (1845-1928).
The journals of Edward Glyn de Stryap Jukes-Hughes cover various dates between 1914 and 1920. Two of them relate to HMS MINOTAUR on the China Station at the outbreak of war. In addition to destroying the collier ELSBETH and attacking the island of Yap, the MINOTAUR was involved in escorting Australian troop convoys and patrolling at the Cape of Good Hope to prevent the German East Asia Squadron breaking out into the Pacific after its victory at the Battle of Coronel. The collection also has a journal kept by Robert Jukes Hughes as a junior officer, 1864-1869; and one by Thomas Suckling, 1864-1868. These two individuals both served on ships stationed on the West African coast at the tail end of the Royal Navy’s role policing the slave trade, and Suckling’s journal covers service on the Pacific Station at a time of antagonism between America and Britain. There is also a letter from Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount, to George White, 1781, concerning the surrender to the British of the Dutch surrender of the islands of St Eustatius, Saba and St Martins in the West Indies, and a British attack on a Dutch warship accompanying a convoy of merchant ships.
Administrative / biographical background
Robert Jukes-Hughes and Thomas Suckling both served on ships stationed on the West African coast at the tail end of the Royal Navy’s role policing the slave trade, and Suckling’s journal covers service on the Pacific Station at a time of antagonism between America and Britain. Two of Edward Jukes-Hughes’s journals cover his time on the MINOTAUR, which was serving on the China Station at the outbreak of war. In addition to destroying the ELSBETH and attacking Yap, the MINOTAUR was involved in escorting Australian troop convoys and patrolling at the Cape of Good Hope to prevent the German East Asia Squadron breaking out into the Pacific after its victory at the Battle of Coronel.
The journals of Edward Glyn de Stryap Jukes-Hughes cover various dates between 1914 and 1920. Two of them relate to HMS MINOTAUR on the China Station at the outbreak of war. In addition to destroying the collier ELSBETH and attacking the island of Yap, the MINOTAUR was involved in escorting Australian troop convoys and patrolling at the Cape of Good Hope to prevent the German East Asia Squadron breaking out into the Pacific after its victory at the Battle of Coronel. The collection also has a journal kept by Robert Jukes Hughes as a junior officer, 1864-1869; and one by Thomas Suckling, 1864-1868. These two individuals both served on ships stationed on the West African coast at the tail end of the Royal Navy’s role policing the slave trade, and Suckling’s journal covers service on the Pacific Station at a time of antagonism between America and Britain. There is also a letter from Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount, to George White, 1781, concerning the surrender to the British of the Dutch surrender of the islands of St Eustatius, Saba and St Martins in the West Indies, and a British attack on a Dutch warship accompanying a convoy of merchant ships.
Administrative / biographical background
Robert Jukes-Hughes and Thomas Suckling both served on ships stationed on the West African coast at the tail end of the Royal Navy’s role policing the slave trade, and Suckling’s journal covers service on the Pacific Station at a time of antagonism between America and Britain. Two of Edward Jukes-Hughes’s journals cover his time on the MINOTAUR, which was serving on the China Station at the outbreak of war. In addition to destroying the ELSBETH and attacking Yap, the MINOTAUR was involved in escorting Australian troop convoys and patrolling at the Cape of Good Hope to prevent the German East Asia Squadron breaking out into the Pacific after its victory at the Battle of Coronel.
Record Details
| Item reference: | JHS |
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| Catalogue Section: | Personal collections |
| Level: | COLLECTION |
| Extent: | 5 volumes; 1 letter; 1 passport; 1 list: 8 items |
| Date made: | 1781-1920 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |