An image showing 'The old sailor - ships I have severed on 1859-1880'

+ -

Memoir of Leading Stoker Abraham Smith

Memoir written by Abraham Smith, with reminiscences of his early life and some vivid anecdotes from his career as a stoker in the Royal Navy between 1859 and 1880. Smith experienced fighting during the Anglo-Satsuma War and being shipwrecked in the sloop HMS RATTLER (1862) on the coast of Japan in 1868. Part of the memoir is devoted to the round-the-world expedition of the survey ship HMS CHALLENGER (1858) between 1872 and 1876. It ends with his appointment as a caretaker at Rochester Castle in Kent.

Back to Search Results

Buy a print License an image

Request this item

For more information about using images from our Collection, please contact RMG Images.

Object Details

ID:	BGR/41
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Smith, Abraham
Date made:	circa 1900
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	One volume
Parts:	Biography (Manuscript) Memoirs of James Trevenen (1760-90), a lieutenant in the British Navy and post-captain in the Russian service. (Manuscript) (BGR/2) Bible with manuscript notes of the Tomlinson family made by Captain Nicholas Tomlinson. (Manuscript) (BGR/4) Album of letters, certificates, cuttings and pictures relating to the career of Rear-Admiral Sherard Osborn (1822-75). (Manuscript) (BGR/5) Autobiography of Lieutenant William Clarke, Royal Marines (1784-1862), covering the years 1803-16. (Manuscript) (BGR/8) Memorial of Lieutenant John Starke (d.1793), 1775-78 while commander of the armed schooner MARIA. (Manuscript) (BGR/9) Statement of service 1789-1839 of Lieutenant David O'Brien Casey including an account of the mutiny in the HERMIONE. (Manuscript) (BGR/12) Memoirs of Captain Frederick W. Dean (1868-1921). (Manuscript) (BGR/14) Biographical notes and copies of letters of Captain Samuel Gurney Cresswell compiled by Mrs Cresswell ca.1870. (Manuscript) (BGR/15) Autobiography of Lieutenant John Blackmore 1815-1844. (Manuscript) (BGR/17) Album of certificates of service, 1892-1925, Engineer Rear-Admiral Mark Rundle. (Manuscript) (BGR/21) Album of certificates of service, Thomas Pratt, boatswain, RN, certificates cover 1860 - 1881. (Manuscript) (BGR/22) Scrapbook containing photographs and cuttings of Assistant-Paymaster Arthur Sennett Whyham, 1901-21. (Manuscript) (BGR/23) Scrapbook of William Johnston, Purser in the Indian Navy; Indian and Persian Gulf, 1861. (Manuscript) (BGR/25) Memorial of the services of Commandere Sir George Collier in America, 1776-79. (Manuscript) (BGR/28) Autobiography of A L Prince covering his time in the Marine Society, 1917 - 1918. (Manuscript) (BGR/29) Private account book of Captain Nathaniel Portlock (1748-1817), includes references to the expedition to the NW Coast of N. America. (Manuscript) (BGR/30) Private account book of Captain William Locker, while Governor of Greenwich Hospital, 1799-1801. (Manuscript) (BGR/31) Private account book of Richard Prowse, Master Attendant, Woolwich Dockyard, 1778-1810. (Manuscript) (BGR/32) Typescript memoirs of Captain W J Slade, a coasting shipmaster and shipowner. (Manuscript) (BGR/33) Papers relating to Cdr Norman Douglas Holbrook, V.C. (1888-1976). (Manuscript) (BGR/34) Autobiographical account by John Marsh, Consul at Malagar & Commissioner of Transport and Victualling Boards. (Manuscript) (BGR/35) Account book of William English, surgeon's mate, HEICS HINDOSTAN and Surgeon, HEICS AIRLY CASTLE. (Manuscript) (BGR/36) 'Archie', an autobiographical account by Lieutenant Col F A Archdale, MBE (b.1890). (Manuscript) (BGR/37) Autobiography of Anthony Enright, master of the Clippers REINDEER and CHRYSOLITE and the Royal Mail Ship LIGHTNING. (Manuscript) (BGR/38) 'Memoirs of a life in the Royal Navy 1918-50' by Commander J C H Nelson. (Manuscript) (BGR/39) Sketches and Memoirs of the life of Patrick Renny, surgeon. Also includes a history of the Renny family. (Manuscript) (BGR/40) Memoir of Leading Stoker Abraham Smith (Manuscript) (BGR/41) Reminiscences of the Great Bitter Lakes Yacht Club, 1969. (manuscripts) (BGR/42) A Boxer Memoir, 1750-1986, volume one. Includes details of the social background to the Navy in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. (Manuscript) (BGR/43/1) A Boxer Memoir, 1750-1986, volume two. Includes details of Captain James Boxer, RN, Admiral Edward Boxer, Commander William Boxer and some of their descendants. (Manuscript) (BGR/43/2) Family tree of the Boxer family including Admiral Sir Edward Boxer. (manuscripts) (BGR/43/3) Letters regarding the family history from Stanley Edward Boxer to Frank Boxer and Edward Boxer. (Manuscript) (BGR/43/4) Cavalier Captain: Extracts from the Sea Journals of Francis Digby, 1666-1672, a draft for a topic booklet by David Ellison. (Manuscript) (BGR/44) Autobiography of James Richardson, merchant and naval seaman, 1843. (Manuscript) (BGR/45) Autobiography, photograph album and papers of Lieutenant-Commander Joseph Percy James Bartlam, 1907-1964. (Manuscript) (BGR/46) Memoir of Able Seaman Arthur Edward Palmer, 1891-1898. (Manuscript) (BGR/47) Memoir of Pamela Aurea Hoare, 1939-1943. (Manuscript) (BGR/48) Memoirs entitled a 'Life of Admiral Sir Henry Trollope and George Barne Trollope' by Rear Admiral Henry Trollope. (Manuscript) (BGR/49) Memoir and papers of Frank Smith (Manuscript) (BGR/50) Memoirs of a foretopman in the Royal Navy from 1850 to 1864. (Notebook) (BGR/51) Memoir of James Henry Crowe, master mariner, 1821-1858. (Manuscript) (BGR/52) Memoir and papers of Commander James Henry Butt, circa 1867-1920. (Manuscript) (BGR/53) Autobiographies and memoirs of people whose surname begins with 'A'. (Manuscript) (BGR/A) Autobiographies and memoirs of people whose surname begins with 'B'. (Manuscript) (BGR/B) Autobiographies and memoirs of people whose surname begins with 'C'. (Manuscript) (BGR/C) Autobiographies and memoirs of people whose surname begins with 'D'. (Manuscript) (BGR/D) Autobiographies and memoirs of people whose surname begins with 'E'. (Manuscript) (BGR/E) Autobiographies and memoirs of people whose surname begins with 'F' (Manuscript) (BGR/F) Autobiographies and memoirs of people whose surname begins with 'G' (Manuscript) (BGR/G) Autobiographies and memoirs of people whose surname begins with 'H' (Manuscript) (BGR/H) Autobiographies and memoirs of people whose surname begins with 'I' (Manuscript) (BGR/I) Autobiographies and memoirs of people whose surname begins with 'J' (Manuscript) (BGR/J) Autobiographies and memoirs of people whose surname begins with 'K'. (Manuscript) (BGR/K) Autobiographies and memoirs of people whose surname begins with 'L' (Manuscript) (BGR/L) Autobiographies and memoirs of people whose surname begins with 'M' (Manuscript) (BGR/M) Autobiographies and memoirs of people whose surname begins with 'N' (Manuscript) (BGR/N) Autobiographies and memoirs of people whose surname begins with 'O' (Manuscript) (BGR/O) Autobiographies and memoirs of people whose surname begins with 'P' (Manuscript) (BGR/P) Autobiographies and memoirs of people whose surname begins with 'Q' (Manuscript) (BGR/Q) Autobiographies and memoirs of people whose surname begins with 'R' (Manuscript) (BGR/R) Autobiographies and memoirs of people whose surname begins with 'S' (Manuscript) (BGR/S) Autobiographies and memoirs of people whose surname begins with 'T' (Manuscript) (BGR/T) Autobiographies and memoirs of people whose surname begins with 'U' (Manuscript) (BGR/U) Autobiographies and memoirs of people whose surname begins with 'V' (Manuscript) (BGR/V) Autobiographies and memoirs of people whose surname begins with 'W' (Manuscript) (BGR/W) Autobiographies and memoirs of people whose surname begins with 'Y' (Manuscript) (BGR/Y)