Kennedy, James Branch, Master Mariner, 1816-1890.

The papers relating to James Branch Kennedy consist of logs, 1845 to 1854, 1862 to 1870, letterbooks, 1853 to 1870, and account books, 1848, 1857 to 1873. There is also a notebook with newspaper cuttings and official forms which relate to the HORNET, when burned in 1868. In addition there is a midshipman's journal kept by James Robert Branch Kennedy on HMS COMMONWEALTH, HMS ADVENTURE and HMS COLLINGWOOD, all in home waters, 1908-1910. Lieutenant James Robert Branch Kennedy (1891-1913) died in a flying accident at Brooklands in 1913.

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ID:	KEN
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	1845-1910
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 38 cm
Parts:	Kennedy, James Branch, Master Mariner, 1816-1890. Logbooks of TIGRIS, 1845-49, MEDWAY, 1849-52, ARIES, 1853-54. (Manuscript) (KEN/1) Logbook of RACER, 1862-63. (Manuscript) (KEN/2) Logbook of RACER, 1863, CANOPUS, 1864-65. (Manuscript) (KEN/3) Logbook of CANOPUS, 1864-66, HORNET, 1866. (Manuscript) (KEN/4) Logbook of RACER, 1862, CANOPUS, 1865, HORNET, 1867. (Manuscript) (KEN/5) Logbook of TYNEMOUTH, 1868. (Manuscript) (KEN/6) Logbook of TYNEMOUTH 1868-69. (Manuscript) (KEN/7) Diary of journal kept by Captain Kennedy, 1869-70. (Manuscript) (KEN/8) Letterbook, 1853-56. (Manuscript) (KEN/9) Letterbook, 1862-66. (Manuscript) (KEN/10) Notebook and letterbook, 1868-1870. (Manuscript) (KEN/11) Notebook with some newspaper cuttings and official forms, plus information about the price of cotton, 1868. (Manuscript) (KEN/12) Account book, 1848. (Manuscript) (KEN/13) Account book, 1857-67. (Manuscript) (KEN/14) Account book, 1868-73. (Manuscript) (KEN/15) Midshipman's journal kept by James Robert Branch Kennedy on HMS COMMONWEALTH, HMS ADVENTURE and HMS COLLINGWOOD, 1908-1910. (Manuscript) (KEN/16) Three maps, n.d. (Manuscript) (KEN/17/1-3)

Kennedy, James Branch, Master Mariner, 1816-1890.

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