Letter to Frank Watson Dyson, Astronomer Royal (1868-1939) from the Admiralty, and an extract from logbook of the ASCANIUS

Letter to Dyson from the Admiralty about his appointment as Astronomer Royal, 21 September 1910. Extract from the official log-book of the ASCANIUS certifying the death of passenger Frank W. Dyson of paraplegia and cardiac syncope, and his burial at sea the same day, 25 May 1939. The extract is date stamped 19 July 1948.

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ID:	AGC/56
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	1910-1948; 1939-01-01 - ?
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	1 folder
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Letter to Frank Watson Dyson, Astronomer Royal (1868-1939) from the Admiralty, and an extract from logbook of the ASCANIUS

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