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The midshipman : being autobiographical sketches of his own early career, from Fragments of voyages and Hall, Basil, 1865 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.124
Reminiscences of twelve months' service in New Zealand as a midshipman, during the late disturbances McKillop, H F 1973 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92McKillop(093.32)
Arctic artist : the journal and paintings of George Back, midshipman with Franklin, 1819-1822 "Arctic Artist is the liveliest and most complete account of Sir John Franklin's tragic first Arctic land expedition. George Back's prose captures the drama of this journey, and his superb watercolour sketches reveal the beauty and wonder of this northern land. Back's journal completes Stuart Houston's trilogy of the journals of Franklin's officers, and is particularly valuable because it is the only journal that records the entire expedition; Franklin himself relied on it for his own published account of the journey. Houston provides an introduction and extensive annotations, as well as synopses of the frank comments regarding the expedition recorded in the various journals of the Hudson's Bay fur trade posts. I.S. MacLaren's commentary on Back's paintings reveals a naval officer of exceptional talent. Conversant with the artistic conventions and aesthetic temper of his age, Back used his sketchbooks not only to depict the expedition's progress but also to capture his imaginative response to the northern wilderness. MacLaren also edits and comments on two other documents written by Back during the expedition: a candid letter to his brother and a poem dramatizing the disaster that claimed the lines of eleven of the twenty explorers in Franklin's party."--Provided by the publisher. 1994 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 7.047(26:98)
Voyages up the Mediterranean and in the Indian seas; with memoirs compiled from the logs and letters of a midshipman Heraud, John A 1837 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:92Robinson, William
Mr Midshipman VC : the short accident-prone life of George Drewry, Gallipoli hero /Quentin Falk. "Of the thirty-nine Gallipoli Victoria Crosses arguably none was more deserved than the medal earned by George Leslie Drewry. At just 20, he was the first officer of the Royal Naval Reserve to get the nation's premier award for valour when part of the landing on V Beach at Cape Helles. In so doing he was badly wounded. Accident-prone, he survived falling into a bog as a child; he was knocked over by a car; as a novice merchantman he fell from the mast of his ship and on another occasion was shipwrecked after rounding Cape Horn and stranded on a deserted island. Tragically he died at Scapa Flow shortly before the end of The Great War, while in command of his first ship. Using contemporary sources, the author brings Drewry's life into sharp focus and describes the role of 'Snotty' as midshipmen were then known. The result will appeal to addicts of real-life adventure and military historians."--Provided by the publisher. 2018. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92DREWRY
Tour of duty : Midshipman Comber's journal aboard HMS Herald on the East Indies station - Australia, Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies 1999 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 656.61(5+9)"1838/1842"Herald
The life of a midshipman, a tale founded on facts : and intended to correct an injudicious predilection N, E 1829 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 820-31
the voyages of the brig Williams 1819-1820 as recorded in contemporary documents and the journal of Midshipman Campbell, R J 2000 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.82Williams
The journal of Midshipman Chaplin : a record of Bering's First Kamchatka Expedition /edited and translated 2010. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 910.4(571.6)"1725/1730"
Hunting the Essex : a journal of the voyage of HMS Phoebe 1813-1814 by Midshipman Allen Gardiner /ed. "In February 1813 the British frigate Phoebe set out on a secret mission that would involve sailing halfway around the world to attack American settlements in the Pacific Northwest. The United States, frustrated at the treatment of its shipping by the combatants in the Napoleonic Wars, had finally opened hostilities against the British in the previous June. From the American perspective the War of 1812 began with disasters in its invasion of Canada, but against all expectations the infant US Navy had scored significant victories at sea. The most strategically significant of these was the campaign by the frigate USS Essex, which had almost annihilated the lucrative British whaling trade in the south Pacific. Therefore, Phoebe was diverted to hunt down and destroy this highly successful commerce-raider. After an epic search, Phoebe tracked her prey to neutral Valparaiso where the American frigate was blockaded and,in a very bloody battle, eventually captured. The American captain, David Porter, published a self-serving account of his actions which ever since has mired the battle in controversy, so this British naval eyewitness account is an important counter-balance. It is one of the lesser-known campaigns of a war which is currently celebrating its bicentenary, but its inherent drama inspired the plot of Patrick O'Brian's novel The Far Side of the World, although in its movie adaptation Master & Commander the American frigate is transformed into a French privateer."--Provided by the publisher. 2013. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92GARDINER
East meets West : original records of western traders, travellers, missionaries and diplomats to 1852. 2007. • MICROFILM • 1 copy available. 347.71East India
From snotty to sub / by "Heandi," authors of "From Dartmouth to the Dardanelles." The continuing story of the midshipman featured in From Dartmouth to the Dardenelles, compiled by his mother from notes taken during periods of leave during the First World War. Again, the names of the midshipman, his mother and his ships are not revealed in the text. This title covers the period from August 1915 and his return to sea, his experiences in the Battle of Jutland in 1916 and then the examinations for promotion to Sub-Lieutenant. The book concludes with his early experiences as a Sub-Lieutenant and his return on leave in late 1917. 1918. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92WELD-FORESTER
From Dartmouth to the Dardenelles : a midshipman's log The story of ten months spent as a 16-year-old midshipman during the First World War compiled from a narrative written during a period of shore leave and edited by the boy's mother. Neither the midshipman, his ship, nor his mother are named in the account. The period covers his mobilisation as a Dartmouth Cadet in 1914 and his experience at sea in the early months of the war. This includes his ship's voyage via Gibraltar and Egypt to Mombasa, Zanzibar and Dar-Es-Salaam. The journal concludes with the sinking of his ship during the Gallipoli campaign and his return home. 1916 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 355.124(42)"1914/1915"
My inestimable friend / Alastair R. Brown. "In 1779 when William Brown was a fourteen-year-old midshipman on the Frigate Apollo, a French sharp-shooter's musket ball passed through the brim of his hat but injured only his left hand. Many years later, on the deck of HMS Victory, Admiral Lord Nelson would not be so fortunate when a French sharp shooter identified him. One day Alastair Brown was shown a copy of Sherwin's etching, The Death of Lord Robert Manners after the Battle of the Saints by his cousin, who was able to identify William Brown as the midshipman kneeling at the foot of the bed. This chance encounter greatly increased the author's interest in his ancestor's naval career. William remained a midshipman for the five years of peace following the battle until his pursuit of a commission led him to join William Bligh on the Bounty. Perhaps fortunately, he was transferred to another ship by the First Lord of the Admiralty, shortly before the Bounty sailed. In 1805, now commanding the 74-gun Ajax, William received a request from Nelson that Ajax accompany Victory to join the blockade of Cadiz. However, when Nelson later asked him to accompany Admiral Calder back to England for Calder's court martial, William unfortunately missed the Battle of Trafalgar by a few days. William Brown then attended Nelson's funeral before being sent to Malta as the first commissioner for the Royal Navy there. He was Commander-in-Chief at Jamaica when he died there of yellow fever in 1814. Not just a detailed account of the life of an admiral who served at the time of Nelson, the book contains many fascinating insights into life in the Georgian navy and Georgian society at large."--From inside front cover. 2017. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92BROWN
As I remember An autobiographical account of the life of Lt Cdr Charles Wickham Malins. Contents list the Early Days, Midshipman, Junior Officer, War, Malta Convoy, Commanding Destroyers, Commander, Captain, and Retired. Personal photographs are included. 1993 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.124
Midshipman's diary : a few notes extracted from the cockpit journal of a man-of-war Chimmo, William 1862 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:910.4(100)"1845/1851"
Juan Franco el guardia marina Marryat, Frederick, ca1880 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 820-311.3
But no brass funnel / James Douglas Stewart. "Record of a varied career at sea over several decades - from Merchant Navy cadet to tanker captain. A boyhood visit to the battleship HMS Nelson left the author with the ambition to be a midshipman in the Royal Navy and to be in charge of a steam picket-boat with a brass funnel. The author relates how he sent to sea, some of his adventures and experiences ashore and afloat during his 35 years service under the White Ensign and the Red Ensign. Starting as a Merchant Navy cadet in the British India Steam Navigation Company at the start of World War II, he subsequently joined the Royal Navy and progressed from midshipman to lieutenant during ten years of service in eight different classes of warship. Leaving the Royal Navy after the war, he spent several years in various shoreside occupations before returning to seafaring in the Merchant Navy. He joined the fleet of a major oil company as a junior officer and quickly progressed through the ranks until he reached the rank of master, spending many years in command of large crude oil tankers. Although Captain Stewart served in eight classes of warship and many more types of tanker, he never did command a picket boat with a brass funnel."--Provided by the publisher. 2004. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92STEWART
Captain Marryat : seaman, writer and adventurer A biography of Captain Frederick Marryat (1792-1848) covering his career in the Royal Navy and his success as a novelist. Marryat was the author of Children of the New Forest and stories of the sea such as Mr Midshipman Easy. 2000 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92Marryat
East meets West : original records of western traders, travellers, missionaries and diplomats to 1852. 2007. • MICROFILM • 1 copy available. 347.71East India
En junkares vag till "midshman" i Nolai I's flotta : Ernst Gustaf Jlius Thitz konceptbok fran 1840 till ca 1845 Ericsson, Christoffer H. 2000 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92THITZ
Matthew Flinders, maritime explorer of Australia / Kenneth Morgan. A detailed biography of Matthew Flinders (1774-1814). Flinders was the first naval commander to complete a detailed circumnavigation of Australia while in command of the Investigator, a voyage supported and promoted by Joseph Banks, President of the Royal Society. Earlier in his career, Flinders developed his navigational skills as a midshipman on Captain William Bligh's voyage on the Providence and while in command of the Norfolk, he and George Bass circumnavigated Tasmania (Van Dieman's Land) for the first time. This text sets his achievements in the wider context of Cook's discoveries and Pacific exploration and focuses on the nautical, geographic and other scientific work undertaken during the voyage by Flinders and the 'scientific gentlemen', who accompanied him. Flinders discovered and recorded many offshore islands around the Australian coast, found a navigable route through the Torres Strait and the Great Barrier Reef and undertook the first thorough survey of the Gulf of Carpentaria. Returning to England, he was held hostage at the Ile de France (Mauritius) for six years delaying the publication of A Voyage to Terra Australis and his atlas of maps until 1810. Flinders is credited with popularising the use of the term Australia and is commemorated throughout the country. The book has detailed notes and bibliography. 2016. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92FLINDERS
A boy at sea / Hugh Bulley. An account of the author's experiences of life growing up in 1930s England, training as a cadet at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, and serving as a midshipman during World War 2. 2005. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92BULLEY
Nelson's avenger : [the life of Commander John Pollard R. N. of Cawsand, Cornwall /by Jack Spence. "On 21st October 1805 at the Battle of Trafalgar, Midshipman John Pollard RN of HMS Victory shot the French marksman who killed Vice Admiral Lord Nelson. Since that momentous day he has been renowned as the 'Avenger of Nelson'. -- Title page 2005. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92POLLARD