Uncatalogued: Reminiscences of Captain Robert Watts Davies RN, written in 1899.

Xerox copies of the reminiscences of Captain Robert Watts Davies, RN (1843-1903), written for his family at Bloxham in 1899. Also copies of an account or diary entries written by his son James R. Davies, covering events while serving with the Drake Battalion, Royal Naval Brigade in Belgium, 4-13 October 1914.

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ID:	MSS/84/101
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	1899-1914
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	1 folder
Parts:	Manuscript Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/84/001) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/84/014/2) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/84/033) Uncatalogued: Journal kept by Lieutenant Thomas Hearne, HMS ARROGANT, 9 June 1781 to 26 June 1783, including an account of the battle of the Saintes. (Manuscript) (MSS/84/034) Uncatalogued: Notebook belonging to John Anderson detailing ships' single, compound, triple and quadruple engines, 1901-1908. (Manuscript) (MSS/84/035) Uncatalogued: Copy letterbook of letters in and out, kept by the commanding officer, Royal Naval rifle range, Malta, 1893-1899 (Manuscript) (MSS/84/036) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/84/037) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/84/038) Uncatalogued - Marriage settlement of Rear-Admiral J.E. Parish and Williamina E. Longman, 1879 (Manuscript) (MSS/84/039) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/84/040) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/84/042) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/84/045) Uncatalogued: Worth, Peter Reginald Glenholme, Commander, RN, 1917-1981 & Worth, John Harold, Lieutenant, RN, 1920-1943 (Manuscript) (MSS/84/047) Uncatalogued - Two volumes of Captain Robert Maunsell (1786-1845) (Manuscript) (MSS/84/049) Uncatalogued - Further documents relating to Engineer George W. Lowes (b. 1899) (Manuscript) (MSS/84/050) Uncatalogued - Papers of Captain Alexander Morrison (fl. 1780-1787) relating to the collision of the ESTHER AND ANN with a brigantine off Helvoetsluys on 29 June 1780 and the loss of the BRITANNIA off Memel in 1777 (Manuscript) (MSS/84/051) Uncatalogued - Transcript of the diary of Neil Smith, carpenter on the barque CAPE FINISTERRE, 1876 to 1877. (Manuscript) (MSS/84/052) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/84/056) Uncatalogued - Collection of naval documents, 1759-1819 (Manuscript) (MSS/84/057) Uncatalogued: Papers from the career of John Waugh, engineer in the Merchant Navy, 1914 - 1961. (Manuscript) (MSS/84/060) Uncatalogued: Kaye, Son and Co. Ltd. (Manuscript) (MSS/84/061) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/84/062) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/84/064) Uncatalogued: Letters from Lieutenant George Egerton on HMS ALERT during the British Arctic Expedition, 1875-1876. (Manuscript) (MSS/84/067) Uncatalogued: Scrapbooks kept during the First World War by Engineer Captain A.G. Jarrett. (Manuscript) (MSS/84/069) Uncatalogued: Registers of Examinations: Wrecks and Casualties on the Coast of the United Kingdom, Penzance, 1859-1892 (Manuscript) (MSS/84/071) Uncatalogued: Papers relating to the career of August Bliedung, Chief Engineer, German Navy, 1873-1924. (Manuscript) (MSS/84/072) Uncatalogued: Account of the action between the MEDIATOR and five enemy vessels, December 1782. (Manuscript) (MSS/84/077) Uncatalogued: Indenture of Apprenticeship of William O’Neil to Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co, Limited as a plater (Manuscript) (MSS/84/086) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/84/087) Uncatalogued: Xerox copy of typescript reminiscences entitled 'Not to Sink Without Trace: A Collection of Short Stories' (Manuscript) (MSS/84/088) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/84/089) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/84/090) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/84/092) Uncatalogued: Papers of Leading Stoker Sydney W. Stevens (Manuscript) (MSS/84/093) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/84/095) Master's order book, British Railways Steamer, 3 August 1979 to 15 January 1980 and Engineer’s Logbook, 8 August to 24 September 1977 for the CAESEREA (Manuscript) (MSS/84/096) Notes on mariners named Joseph Sampher, William Austin, George Phillips and George Wiseman, circa 1783-1849. (Manuscript) (MSS/84/097) Uncatalogued: Brooks, Victor Edwin Abraham, Purser, 1925-2005. (Manuscript) (MSS/84/100) Uncatalogued: Reminiscences of Captain Robert Watts Davies RN, written in 1899. (Manuscript) (MSS/84/101) Uncatalogued: Letters from Dr William Hamilton and Henry Bruce, 1851-1855. (Manuscript) (MSS/84/102) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/84/103) Midshipman's logs kept by Lancelot Ernest Holland, 1887 to 1906 (Manuscript) (MSS/84/104) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/84/106) Uncatalogued: Xerox copy of a letter from Thomas McKenna, lighthouse keeper at Tuskar Rock, 1849. (Manuscript) (MSS/84/109) Notes and correspondence of Commander John Willams Damer-Powell regarding Bristol-built ships. (Manuscript) (MSS/84/111) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/84/112) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/84/113) Uncatalogued: Papers of Frederick Stevenson relating to the Dreadnought Seamen's Hospital and Royal Naval College, Greenwich, 1896-1933. (Manuscript) (MSS/84/114) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/84/116) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/84/117) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/84/118) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/84/119) Uncatalogued: Album containing an illustrated history of Sheerness Dockyard, circa 1960. (Manuscript) (MSS/84/120) Uncatalogued: Letter from Claudius Straus (?) to Sir John Philippart, 1848. (Manuscript) (MSS/84/121) Uncatalogued: Notes kept in diary fashion kept by Captain Edward B. Tanner (1865-1940) as a prisoner of war. (Manuscript) (MSS/84/127/1) Uncatalogued: Abstract log/journal of the barque RUTHWELL, 1889; and abstract log of the barque KIER, 1890. Both logs kept by Captain Edward B. Tanner (1865-1940). (Manuscript) (MSS/84/127/2) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/84/128) Uncatalogued: Fleet canteen at Naples, ticket for one ration of beer, c. World War Two (Manuscript) (MSS/84/129) Uncatalogued: Xerox copy of the wireless operator's log from the OLYMPIC, April 1912. (Manuscript) (MSS/84/130) Uncatalogued: Diary kept by Thomas Cowle on the SEA NYMPH, 1852-1853. (Manuscript) (MSS/84/131) Uncatalogued: Daniel, Martin Theodore, Captain, RN, 1873-1935 (Manuscript) (MSS/84/132) Uncatalogued: Remarks on board the Robert (Manuscript) (MSS/84/133) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/84/134) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/84/135) Uncatalogued: Xerox made from the microfilm of the journal of Captain William Nicholls of HM packet Swift stationed at Falmouth, 1735-78 (Manuscript) (MSS/84/136) Uncatalogued: Thesis on Bilge pumps (Manuscript) (MSS/84/137) Uncatalogued: DK Brown correspondence & Research notes (Manuscript) (MSS/84/138) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/84/139) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/84/140) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/84/141) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/84/142) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/84/143) Uncatalogued: copy of a transcript of journal of voyage to Australia on SS Sultana in 1862 (Manuscript) (MSS/84/144) Uncatalogued: typescript of an article on the Gosport Tragedy (Manuscript) (MSS/84/145) Uncatalogued: 12 logbooks for the RRS Discovery (Manuscript) (MSS/84/146) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/84/147) Uncatalogued: Pilot's Licence for the river Rhine (Manuscript) (MSS/84/148) Uncatalogued: journal of voyage to Brisbane and return to London via Sydney (Manuscript) (MSS/84/150) Uncatalogued: account of the sinking of HM submarine K17 (Manuscript) (MSS/84/152) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/84/153) Uncatalogued: Four Note books of course notes from RN Engineering course (Manuscript) (MSS/84/155) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/84/156) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/84/158) Uncatalogued: Service papers of Lieutenant Henry Waller (d 1873) (Manuscript) (MSS/84/159) Uncatalogued: Memoir of Chief Petty Officer J J Fyson (1891-1971), RN and South African Navy (Manuscript) (MSS/84/160) Uncatalogued: typescript of the journal of James Young, on a voyage from London to Auckland (Manuscript) (MSS/84/161) Uncatalogued: Papers of leading seaman William Tufnail (Manuscript) (MSS/84/162) Uncatalogued; Certificates and papers of DH & RD Hoskins (Manuscript) (MSS/84/163) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/84/171) Uncatalogued: Lennard, C., Master Mariner, Fl. 1885-1944, Lennard, Charles Trevor Graham, Master Mariner, 1915-1964 (Manuscript) (MSS/84/172) Uncatalogued: Papers relating to National Service of Barry Biggs in the Royal Navy Reserve Fleet (Manuscript) (MSS/84/173) Uncatalogued: Bound volume of typed typescripts of letters to Vice-Admiral Sir George Murray, K.C.B., July 1795 – 25 Feb 1808, and one to his son G. S. Murray, 26 November 1843 (Manuscript) (MSS/84/174) Uncatalogued: Autographed menu, P&O S.S. Viceroy of India, 21 October 1938 (Manuscript) (MSS/84/175) Uncatalogued: Accounting Student’s exercise: Inventory Account, Journal and Ledger, re fictitious privateer JAMES, dated 1789. (Manuscript) (MSS/84/176) Uncatalogued (Manuscript) (MSS/84/177) Uncatalogued: Financial accounts kept by Roger Carter, Captain of the KATHERINE and HART PINKE (Manuscript) (MSS/84/179) Uncatalogued: English translation of an article by Wolfgang Koberer – ‘A Navigational Handbook’, in Low-German, Dating from the 16th Century’ published in German in Schiffahrtsarchiv 6, 1983 (Manuscript) (MSS/84/180) Uncatalogued: Research notes & correspondence collected by DK Brown (Manuscript) (MSS/84/182) Uncatalogued: unpublished autobiography of Captain Vincent Large (Manuscript) (MSS/84/183) Uncatalogued: Volume containing the reminiscences of a Royal Marine (unnamed), 1805-1806, in the TERRIBLE, with a copy of a letter from Admiral Strachan to Captain Liardet, R.M., 1809 (Manuscript) (MSS/84/184) Uncatalogued: Xerox copy of a transcript of the journal of Wiliam Rowsell (1812-1858), passenger in the Rosalind, Gravesend to Montreal, 17 August – 15 Oct 1833. (Manuscript) (MSS/84/185) Uncatalogued: Plan J. J. Fletcher, of diving operations on the Lutine, 1897. (Manuscript) (MSS/84/186) Uncatalogued: Item relating to career of signal boy Alec Tempest, HMS LION (Manuscript) (MSS/84/187) Uncatalogued: Xerox copy of a transcript of an extract of the log of Midshipman Gervase Bruce in the Monmouth, 7 Sep – 21 September 1914, South America. (Manuscript) (MSS/84/189) Uncatalogued: award of British Empire medal to Lieutenant Herbert Harvey (Manuscript) (MSS/84/190) Uncatalogued; Training books kept by Samuel Elphinstone (Manuscript) (MSS/84/191) Uncatalogued: Christmas card (Manuscript) (MSS/84/193) Uncatalogued:Victualling Bill for HMS Morning (Manuscript) (MSS/84/194)

Uncatalogued: Reminiscences of Captain Robert Watts Davies RN, written in 1899.

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