London Marathon this Sunday

Cutty Sark will be closed on Sunday 27 April until 2pm due to the London Marathon. All other sites are open to visitors and spectators as normal, but please check road closures before you travel and allow extra time as the area will be busy. Parking at the National Maritime Museum is unavailable all day.

Uncatalogued: Two typescript accounts written by Cadet John Carter (d.1942), Shaw Savill Line, life as a cadet, 1939 and an account of voyage through the Panama Canal, 3 March 1939.

His account of life as a cadet shows a glimpse into the mind of an apprentice at sea in the employ of one of the large frozen meat import companies, trading between Australia and the United Kingdom. His account of a voyage through the Panama Canal includes places visited such as Gatun Locks, connected to the Gatun Lakes and enters these lakes.

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ID:	MSS/93/017
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	1939-01-01 - ?; 1939
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	1 folder: 2 items
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London Marathon this Sunday

Uncatalogued: Two typescript accounts written by Cadet John Carter (d.1942), Shaw Savill Line, life as a cadet, 1939 and an account of voyage through the Panama Canal, 3 March 1939.

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