Career of Captain Gerald H. Warner, RN, DSC
A black cloth and card album containing 233 b/w photographic prints with 7 loose prints and one chart illustrating the commission route, relating to the career of Captain G. H. Warner when second in command of the light cruiser HMS Colombo (1918) during her South American and West Indies tour. The album covers the following themes and subjects:
Ships: HMS Colombo (1918), SS Inca, HMS Despatch (1919), USS Lexington/Saratoga, SS Canada (1921)
Topographical locations: Antigua, Nassau, St. Lucia, Dominica, Panama Canal, Peru, Valparaiso, Rio de Janiero, Pategonia/Magellan Straits, Falklands, Esquimalt.
Activities: Crossing the line, Ships mascot (elephant) and Bill the parrot smoking a pipe, excersions in land to visit the Inca sites, the funeral of a Chilian Admiral (not named), logging at Esquimalt, deck activities.
The album includes a group photograph with Captain Dobson VC.
Ships: HMS Colombo (1918), SS Inca, HMS Despatch (1919), USS Lexington/Saratoga, SS Canada (1921)
Topographical locations: Antigua, Nassau, St. Lucia, Dominica, Panama Canal, Peru, Valparaiso, Rio de Janiero, Pategonia/Magellan Straits, Falklands, Esquimalt.
Activities: Crossing the line, Ships mascot (elephant) and Bill the parrot smoking a pipe, excersions in land to visit the Inca sites, the funeral of a Chilian Admiral (not named), logging at Esquimalt, deck activities.
The album includes a group photograph with Captain Dobson VC.
Object Details
| ID: | ALB1409 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Photograph album |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Warner, Gerald Harman |
| Date made: | circa 1928-1929 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 286 mm x 392 mm x 31 mm |